The Sheep and Goats Identification (Scotland) Regulations 2000

PART II NOTIFICATION OF HOLDINGS AND RECORDS

Notification of holdings where sheep or goats are kept

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, any person who keeps sheep or goats on a holding in Scotland shall, within one month after the coming into force of these Regulations or, as the case may be, within one month after the keeper begins to keep sheep or goats notify, the Scottish Ministers in writing of the details in paragraph (3) below.

(2) Any person who has given notification in relation to the keeping of sheep or goats in accordance with article 3 of the Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1996(1) shall not require to comply with paragraph (1) above and for the purposes of these Regulations that notification shall be deemed to be a notification under paragraph (1) above.

(3) Details to be notified in accordance with paragraph (1) above are—

(a) the address of the holding;

(b) the name and address of the occupier of the holding; and

(c) whether sheep or goats or both are usually kept on the holding.

(4) Any person keeping sheep or goats on a holding in Scotland shall notify the Scottish Ministers in writing of any change in the details specified in paragraph (3) above within one month of such change.

(5) Following a notification, or a deemed notification under this regulation the Scottish Ministers may allocate to that keeper’s holding a flockmark in the case of sheep or a herdmark in the case of goats.

(6) The Scottish Ministers may from time to time alter or issue a new herdmark or flockmark to a keeper.

Records concerning sheep

4.—(1) Any person keeping sheep in Scotland (other than a market, abattoir, collection centre or showground) shall record, on or before 31st January in each year, the number of sheep on that holding on 1st January of that year.

(2) Within 36 hours of sheep being moved intentionally on or off a holding, every keeper shall record—

(a) the date of movement;

(b) the total number of sheep moved;

(c) either—

(i) the temporary mark applied to each sheep under regulation 12(2) below;

(ii) the flockmark shown on the eartag or tattoo of each sheep;

(iii) the unique individual identification number (if there is one) shown on the eartag or tattoo of each sheep; or

(iv) a breed society mark;

(d) either—

(i) the holding from which the sheep have been brought, if they are moved on to the holding; or

(ii) the holding to which the sheep are moved if they are moved off the holding; and

(e) in the case of a movement off a market, the lot number (if any) allocated at the market.

(3) In the case of sheep being sold without being moved on or off a holding, the seller shall record, within 36 hours of the sale—

(a) the date of sale;

(b) the number of sheep sold; and

(c) the name and address of the purchaser.

(4) In the case of a sheep marked in accordance with regulation 8 or re-marked in accordance with 15(3) or (4) below, the keeper shall, within 36 hours of re-marking the sheep, record the new mark and the previous one, if known.

(5) All records under this regulation shall be retained by the person making the record for a period of 6 years.

Records for specified sheepmeat producers

5.—(1) In addition to the records required by regulation 4 above, a keeper who is a sheepmeat producer for the purposes of Council Regulation 3493/90/EEC (laying down general rules for the grant of premium to sheepmeat and goatmeat producers(2) amended by Council Regulation 3797/91(3), Council Regulation 2070/92(4) and Council Regulation 233/94(5)) shall keep the records specified in this regulation.

(2) On or before 31st January each year, the keeper shall record the total number of female sheep on the holding on 1st January that year which either were over 12 months old or had given birth.

(3) Within 14 days of any of the following events—

(a) the intentional movement on or off the holding of female sheep which were either over 12 months old or which had given birth;

(b) a female sheep which has not given birth reaching the age of 12 months;

(c) a sheep under 12 months old giving birth;

(d) the discovery that a female sheep which was either over 12 months old or which had given birth has been lost from the holding, either because it has died or because it is missing from the holding,

the keeper shall record the total number of female sheep on the holding which have given birth or which are over 12 months old, and the reasons that the total number of such sheep on the holding has changed.

(4) All records under this regulation shall be retained by the person making the record for a period of 6 years.

(5) All records relating to sheep required by virtue of regulation 4 and this regulation shall be kept together in the form of a single document.

Records concerning goats

6.—(1) Any person keeping goats in Scotland (other than a market, abattoir, collection centre or showground) shall record, on or before 31st January each year, the number of goats on that holding on 1st January of that year.

(2) Within 36 hours of goats being moved intentionally on or off a holding, every keeper shall record—

(a) the date of movement;

(b) the total number of goats moved;

(c) either—

(i) the temporary mark applied to each goat under regulation 12(2) below;

(ii) the herdmark shown on the eartag or tattoo of each goat;

(iii) the unique individual identification number (if there is one) shown on the eartag or tattoo of each goat; or

(iv) a breed society mark;

(d) either—

(i) the holding from which the goats have been brought, if they are moved on to the holding; or

(ii) the holding to which the goats are moved if they are moved off the holding; and

(e) in the case of a movement off a market, the lot number (if any) allocated at the market.

(3) In the case of goats being sold without being moved on or off a holding, the seller shall record, within 36 hours of the sale—

(a) the date of sale;

(b) the number of goats sold; and

(c) the name and address of the purchaser.

(4) In the case of a goat marked in accordance with regulation 8 or re-marked in accordance with 15(3) or (4) below, the keeper shall, within 36 hours of re-marking the goat, record the new mark and the previous one, if known.

(5) All records under this regulation shall be retained by the person making the record for a period of 6 years.

(6) All records relating to goats required by virtue of this regulation shall be kept together in the form of a single document.

(1)

S.I. 1996/28.

(2)

O.J. No. L 337, 4.12.90. p.7.

(3)

O.J. No. L 357, 28.12.91, p. 2.

(4)

O.J. No. L 215, 30.7.92, p. 63.

(5)

O.J. No. L 30, 3.2.94, p.9.