The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2011

PART 2Records

Notification of holdings

4.—(1) An occupier of a holding who begins to keep pigs on that holding, and any person who takes over the occupation of a holding where pigs are kept, must notify the Welsh Ministers within one month of—

(a)their name and address; and

(b)the address of the holding.

(2) On receipt of a notification under paragraph (1) the Welsh Ministers must issue a herdmark.

(3) The occupier must notify the Welsh Ministers of any change to the information in paragraph (1) within one mouth.

(4) The occupier must notify the Welsh Ministers within one month if that occupier ceases to keep pigs at any holding notified under paragraph (1).

Records

5.—(1) The keeper must complete the form in the Schedule within 36 hours of the movement of a pig on or off a holding.

(2) Once a year a keeper must record the maximum number of pigs normally on the holding and the actual number of pigs on the holding at that date.

(3) The keeper must keep these records for at least 3 years.