6.—(1) No person shall bring a calf to a market unless upon arrival he has furnished the market operator with a written declaration signed by the owner of the calf or his duly authorised agent stating—
(a)the name and address of the owner of the calf;
(b)the ear tag number of the calf;
(c)that the calf has not been brought to a market before or, as the case may be, has been brought to a market only once during the previous 28 days; and
(d)where the calf has been brought to a market once during the previous 28 days, the address of the market and the date on which the calf was brought there.
(2) Where a calf has been sold, and before its removal from the market, the market operator shall—
(a)in the case of a sale by auction; and
(b)upon request made by the purchaser, in the case of a sale by private treaty;
supply to the purchaser of the calf details in writing of—
(i)the ear tag of the calf;
(ii)the date of the sale of the calf and the address of the market at which it was sold; and
(iii)where the calf has been brought to a market once within the previous 28 days, the address of that market and the date on which the calf was brought there.
(3) Every market operator shall keep a record of the details supplied to a purchaser of a calf for the purposes of paragraph (2) above and of the name and address of that purchaser.
(4) In this article, “calf” means a bovine animal under 12 weeks of age.