The Sheep and Goats (Identification and Traceability) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

Replacement eartags

13.—(1) Subject to regulations 14(1), 16(1) and 22(1), where the individual identification code of an eartag or tattoo which has been removed or lost or become illegible is known, the keeper, other than a slaughterhouse operator, shall apply to the animal a replacement eartag bearing that individual identification code.

(2) Where the individual identification code of an eartag or tattoo which has been removed or lost or become illegible is not known and–

(a) the animal is on its holding of birth, the keeper shall apply to the animal a baseline UK eartag;

(b) in the case of an animal imported from a third country, the animal is on its holding of import, the keeper shall apply to the animal a baseline F eartag;

(c) the animal is on a holding other than its holding of birth or, in the case of an animal imported from a third country, its holding of import, the keeper shall apply a red replacement eartag bearing an individual identification code with the following information in the following order (an “R eartag”):–

(i) the letters “UK”;

(ii) the flockmark or herdmark of the holding from which an animal is being moved;

(iii) a unique number; and

(iv) the letter “R”.