The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

Supply of a movement or market dispatch document

19.—(1) A movement or market dispatch document shall be—

(a) sent to the Divisional Veterinary Office within 7 days of the movement to which it relates; or

(b) where the keeper is the operator of a market or slaughterhouse, delivered by him to the Divisional Veterinary Office on the day of movement to which it relates or, where this is not reasonably practicable, on the next following working day.

(2) The keeper of an animal shall ensure that a copy of the movement or market dispatch document accompanies the animal to which it relates while it is in transit and shall, on demand made by an inspector or by a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland—

(a) produce that document and allow a copy thereof or an extract therefrom to be taken; and

(b) furnish his name and address.

(3) For the purposes of Article 6(3) of the Council Regulation, a person to whom a movement or market dispatch document is supplied under this Article shall keep a copy of such document for a period of 3 years following the end of the month in which the document was received.

(4) A keeper of an animal who supplies a movement document in accordance with this Article shall keep a copy of such document for a period of 3 years following the end of the month in which the document was supplied.

(5) The derogation in Article 6(4) of the Council Regulation shall not apply.

(6) In the case of an animal moved to another holding—

(a) upon its arrival at the holding of destination, the transporter shall give a copy of the movement or market dispatch document to the keeper at the holding of destination; and

(b) the keeper at the holding of destination shall send the original movement or market dispatch document to the Divisional Veterinary Office within 7 days of the animal’s arrival at the holding of destination.

(7) A person required by this Order to keep a copy of a movement or market dispatch document shall on demand by an inspector, produce to him that movement or market dispatch document and such an inspector shall be entitled to inspect and take extracts therefrom.