1.—(1) Any keeper of animals who fails to comply with the requirements of Article 4(1) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 is guilty of an offence.
(2) The period determined for the purposes of said Article 4(2) is–
(a)in the case of a dairy animal–
(i)within 36 hours of birth for the first tag; and
(ii)within 20 days of birth for the second tag;
(b)in the case of bison, within 9 months of birth or when the animal is separated from its mother, whichever is sooner, in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 509/199; and
(c)in the case of any other animal, within 20 days of birth.
(3) The identification code for the purposes of Article 1(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004 shall be the following information in the following order–
(a)the letters “UK”; and
(b)the number allocated by the Scottish Ministers that is unique to an animal in a herd and contains 12 digits.