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3.—(1) The Cattle Identification (Notification of Births, Deaths and Movements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(1) are amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) In regulation 2 (Interpretation), in paragraph (2), in the definition of “the Commission Regulation” for “2629/97”, substitute “911/2004(2)”.
(3) In regulation 4 (Address for notification) omit the words “personally” and “of the Department”.
(4) In regulation 6, (Notification of birth)—
(a)in paragraph (1), for “Article 6.3”, substitute “Article 9”;
(b)in paragraph (3), for “the keeper who sent it”, substitute “the person who completed it”.
(5) In regulation 7 (Notification of movement)—
(a)in paragraph (2), for “Article 6.3 of the Commission Regulation”, substitute “Article 7.1 of the Council Regulation”;
(b)in paragraph (2)(a), for “sent to the Department on the day”, substitute “delivered to the Department within 7 days”; and
(c)in paragraph (3), for “the keeper who sent it”, substitute “the person who completed it”.
(6) After regulation 7 insert—
7A.—(1) Subject to regulation 9, if an animal is lost or stolen, the keeper shall send written notification of this to the Department within 7 days of becoming aware of the fact, together with written details of what has occurred, and failure to do so is an offence.”.
(7) In regulation 8 (Notification of death), in paragraph (1), omit the words “and Article 6.3 of the Commission Regulation”, and “in accordance with Article 6.4 of the Council Regulation”.
(8) In regulation 9 (Electronic notification of movement)—
(a)in the title, after “movement”, insert “and lost or stolen animals”;
(b)in paragraph (1), after “7”, insert “, or to report a lost or stolen animal in accordance with regulation 7A,”; and
(c)in paragraph (3)—
(i)after “movement of any”, insert “, or report any lost or stolen”;
(ii)omit the words “in relation to that movement”; and
(iii)for “regulation 7”, insert “regulations 7 or 7A as the case may be”.
S.R. 1999 No. 265; as amended by S.R. 2004 No. 420 and S.R. 2011 No. 349
O.J. L 163, 30.04.2004, p. 65-70