The Sheep and Goats Identification (Scotland) Regulations 2000

PART I INTRODUCTION

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sheep and Goats Identification (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001.

(2) These Regulations shall extend to Scotland only.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“breed society mark” means any mark which is registered by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with regulation 7(5);

“flockmark” means the mark allocated to the keeper of sheep by the Scottish Ministers according to regulation 3(5);

“herdmark” means the mark allocated to the keeper of goats by the Scottish Ministers according to regulation 3(5);

“holding” means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open air farm, any place in which sheep or goats are held, kept or handled;

“inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the Scottish Ministers or a local authority;

“keeper” means any person having care and control of sheep or goats, even on a temporary basis;

“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(1);

“unique individual identification number” means a unique combination of the letters “UK” followed by the herdmark or flockmark of the holding of birth, followed by a number which is unique to the animal to which it is applied and which has been created by the keeper of the holding of birth; and

“veterinary treatment” means any treatment or other procedure carried out by or under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon and shall include castration.

(1)

1994 c. 39.