9.—(1) The keeper of an animal born after 9th July 2005 and involved in intra Community trade shall comply with Article 4(2)(b) of the Council Regulation and this regulation.
(2) The second means of identification to be applied to an animal involved in intra Community trade for the purposes of Section A.4 of the Annex shall be for the purposes of section A4 of the Annex–
(a)an eartag bearing the same individual identification code as that on the identification applied in accordance with Article 4(1) and (2)(b) of the Council Regulation; or
(b)an eartag bearing an individual identification code with the following information in the following order (an “X 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 “X”.
(3) The keeper of an animal born on or before 9th July 2005 and involved in intra Community trade shall apply a second means of identification to that animal in the form of–
(a)an eartag bearing the individual identification code on the eartag already attached to the animal; or
(b)an X eartag.