The Sheep and Goats Identification (Scotland) Regulations 2000

Marking requirements for the movement of sheep and goats to a destination within Great Britain

12.—(1) Any person moving a sheep or goat with a unique individual identification number or breed society mark or a flockmark or herdmark, from a holding in Scotland to a destination within Great Britain may apply a temporary mark to it.

(2) In the case of a sheep or goat not covered by paragraph (1) above, the requirement to mark it with a temporary mark shall be obligatory.

(3) The temporary mark under paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall be sufficiently distinctive for the sheep or goat to be identified for the purposes of the transport document required under regulation 13 below, shall last at least until the sheep or goat reaches its destination and shall be recorded in the movement records made under regulations 4 and 6 above and the transport document required under regulation 13 below.

(4) The temporary mark under paragraph (2) above shall not be required in the case of a sheep or goat—

(a) moved for the purposes of veterinary treatment;

(b) moved for the purposes of dipping or shearing;

(c) moved to a show if it is due to return to the same holding;

(d) being moved to an adjacent holding without change of ownership;

(e) in the process of being brought into Scotland from outside the European Union while it is being taken to the holding of destination.