Identification of vaccinated animalsU.K.
19.—(1) The Secretary of State shall provide every person issued with a licence permitting suppressive vaccination or protective vaccination with sufficient eartags for every animal which may be vaccinated under that licence.
(2) Each eartag shall carry such information as the Secretary of State considers necessary to identify the animal to which it is affixed as a vaccinated animal.
(3) Any person vaccinating an animal shall—
(a)identify it immediately after vaccination by affixing an eartag;
(b)make a written record of that vaccination containing the following information—
(i)the date,
(ii)the place, and
(iii)a description of the animal;
(c)ensure that the Secretary of State and the keeper of the animal receive a copy of that record; and
(d)retain that record for a period of six years.
(4) Records shall be in a form approved by the Secretary of State.
(5) Every person provided with eartags under this regulation shall return unused eartags to the Secretary of State on demand and without delay.