The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009

Movement documents

20.—(1) A person shall not contravene Article 6(1) of the Council Regulation or fail to complete the movement document in a form approved by the Department except that the identities of the animals moved may be recorded at the holding of destination where that holding is a central point of recording and the animals are transported in accordance with Section C of the Annex to the Council Regulation.

(2) The keeper at the holding of origin shall retain a copy of the movement document for 3 years from the date of the movement of an animal off his holding and shall keep them in chronological order.

(3) A keeper shall retain the information provided by a central point of recording in accordance with paragraph (1) with the movement document to which it refers for a period of 3 years from the date of the movement of an animal off his holding.

(4) The keeper at the holding of destination shall comply with Article 6(3) of the Council Regulation and shall keep the movement documents in chronological order.

(5) For the purposes of Article 6(3) the minimum period for which the keeper at that holding must keep the movement document is 3 years from the date of the movement of an animal onto his holding.

(6) A keeper shall not move or cause or permit to be moved, any animal onto or from a holding unless—

(a) the Department has allocated to the keeper a herd or flock number in respect of the holding; and

(b) the animal is identified in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Order.