Regulation 6
1.—(1) In accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000, a keeper shall notify the Scottish Ministers of–
(a)the birth of an animal;
(b)the arrival of an animal from the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland or another member State;
(c)the arrival of an animal imported from a third country.
(2) Notification in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) shall be made by means of an application for a cattle passport in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 3.
(3) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.
2.—(1) In accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000, the keeper of an animal moved on to or off a holding shall notify the Scottish Ministers of that movement.
(2) The period determined for the purposes of said Article 7(1) is 3 days from the date the animal is moved off the holding.
(3) For the purpose of this paragraph, notification of movement shall be made in such form and manner as is from time to time approved by the Scottish Ministers.
(4) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.
3.—(1) When an animal is killed in a slaughterhouse, the occupier of the slaughterhouse shall notify the Scottish Ministers of its death in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 and notification shall be made in such form and manner as is from time to time approved by the Scottish Ministers.
(2) If an animal is killed elsewhere than a slaughterhouse and its body is sent to a slaughterhouse for dressing–
(a)the keeper at the time it is killed shall enter the details of its death in the cattle passport and ensure that it accompanies the body of the animal to the slaughterhouse; and
(b)the occupier of the slaughterhouse shall notify the Scottish Ministers of the death of the animal in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 and notification shall be made in such form and manner as is from time to time approved by the Scottish Ministers.
(3) In any other case when an animal dies the keeper shall notify the Scottish Ministers of its death in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 by entering the details in the identification document and sending it to the Scottish Ministers within 7 days of the death.
(4) If no identification document is available for an animal that dies, the keeper shall within 7 days of its death notify the Scottish Ministers of the death in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 by sending to them, in writing, details of the identification code on any ear tag attached to the animal, the date of death and the holding of death.
(5) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.