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

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I Introduction

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Notification of a holding

    4. 4.Authorisations

  3. PART II Identification devices

    1. 5.Approval of identification devices

    2. 6.Additional tags and identification devices with additional information

    3. 7.Colour of identification devices

    4. 8.Destruction of identification devices

  4. PART III Identification of animals not identified before 31 December 2009

    1. 9.Identification of animals not identified before 31st December 2009

    2. 10.Animals intended for slaughter

    3. 11.Removal or replacement of means of identification

    4. 12.Replacement of the means of identification for animals identified according to Article 9

  5. PART IV Identification of goats not identified before 31st December 2009

    1. 13.Identification of goats

    2. 14.Re-identification of goats

    3. 15.Replacement of the means of identification for animals identified according to Article 13

  6. PART V Removal or replacement of identification marks on animals identified before 31st December 2009

    1. 16.Removal or replacement of identification marks

  7. PART VI Holding registers

    1. 17.Holding registers

    2. 18.Derogation from holding registers

    3. 19.Inventory of animals

  8. PART VII Movement documents

    1. 20.Movement documents

    2. 21.Supply of movement document

    3. 22.Derogation from movement documents

  9. PART VIII Markets

    1. 23.Markets

    2. 24.Slaughterhouse operators

    3. 25.Central point of recording

    4. 26.Contingency planning for power and equipment failures

  10. PART IX Animals brought into Northern Ireland

    1. 27.Receipt of animals from another member State

    2. 28.Receipt of animals from England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man

    3. 29.Identification of animals imported from third countries

    4. 30.Loss of methods of identification applied in a third country

  11. PART X Miscellaneous

    1. 31.Identification and recording of animals for export

    2. 32.Reasonable assistance

    3. 33.Information to be furnished to an inspector

    4. 34.Power to prohibit movement of animals

    5. 35.False information

    6. 36.Alteration of identification marks

    7. 37.Export to Great Britain or Republic of Ireland

    8. 38.Common grazing

    9. 39.Movement to or from the holding of origin for dipping or shearing

    10. 40.Transitional and saving provisions

    11. 41.Revocations

  12. Signature

  13. Explanatory Note