Notification of breeding or laying flocks
6.—(1) The occupier of a holding on which one or more breeding flocks or laying flocks of at least 250 poultry of any single species are kept must notify the Scottish Ministers of the information in paragraph (4)–
(a)within three months of the coming into force of this Order; or
(b)in the case of such a holding established after the date this Order comes into force, within three months of the establishment of the holding.
(2) The occupier must notify the Scottish Ministers of any change or addition to that information within three months of the change or addition.
(3) This article does not apply to any occupier who has notified the Scottish Ministers of that information under any other enactment.
(4) The information to be notified is–
(a)the name, address and telephone number of the holding;
(b)the name, address and telephone number of the occupier and of the person who owns each flock on the holding;
(c)the number of flocks on the holding;
(d)for each flock–
(i)the identification of the flock;
(ii)whether it is a breeding flock or a laying flock;
(iii)the species; and
(iv)the number of poultry;
(e)for each breeding flock–
(i)whether the flock is a flock of layer breeders or meat breeders; and
(ii)the status in the breeding pyramid of the flock.