Identification and Movement of Sheep and Goats Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

Records

13.—(1) The owner or person in charge of any animal shall keep a record of the particulars of such animal as specified in columns A to J of the form set out in the Schedule.

(2) Where a replacement approved eartag, other than an orange approved eartag, is attached to an animal in accordance with Article 6 the keeper shall, in respect of that animal, keep a record of, and correlate, the original and the replacement individual animal identification number.

(3) A person by whom a record is required to be kept under this Order shall –

(a) keep such record for a period of 4 years following the end of the year to which the record relates; and

(b) annually check, on a date during the reconciliation period, that the details of the approved eartag attached to any animal on the holding agree with the details in the record relating to that animal.

(4) Without prejudice to paragraphs (1) and (3) the owner or person in charge of sheep shall record, by the end of the reconciliation period each year, the particulars specified in columns G to J of the form set out in the Schedule in respect of sheep owned by him or in his charge.

(5) A person required by this Order to keep a record or retain a copy of a notification document shall –

(a) on demand by an inspector, produce to him that record or notification document, as the case may be, and such an inspector shall be entitled to inspect and take extracts therefrom; and

(b) in the case of a record, record the necessary details, within 7 days –

(i) of the identification or movement of an animal, as the case may be;

(ii) of the discovery of the death of a tagged animal; and

(iii) at the end of the lambing season, the total number of births.