The Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995

Illegible or lost ear tags

9.—(1) Where any ear tag which has been attached to a bovine animal becomes illegible or is lost, it shall be the duty of the owner or person in charge of the animal to attach a replacement tag to the animal as soon as practicable after the illegibility arises or the tag is lost; and—

(a) in the case of a tag which had been attached under article 8, the replacement tag shall bear the country code ‘UK’ and either—

(i) the relevant herd mark and the number allotted to the animal in accordance with paragraph (3)(c) of that article with the prefix ‘R’, or

(ii) the particulars referred to in article 8(3);

(b) in the case of a tag which had been attached in compliance with the Directive in accordance with provisions of the law of another member State or an EEA State, the replacement tag shall bear—

(i) the same number as that tag with the prefix ‘R’; or

(ii) the particulars referred to in article 8(3); and

(c) in the case of an approved identification, the replacement tag shall bear either—

(i) the same particulars as the approved identification; or

(ii) the particulars referred to in article 8(3).

(2) Where an ear tag bears—

(a) a new number in accordance with paragraph (1)(a)(ii) or paragraph (1)(b)(ii) above, that number shall be cross-referenced in the record maintained pursuant to article 5(1) to the number last allocated to the animal (whether under article 8(3)(c) or under paragraph (1)(a)(ii) or (1)(b)(ii) above); or

(b) particulars in accordance with paragraph (1)(c)(ii) above, the record maintained pursuant to article 5(1) shall include a cross-reference to the relevant approved identification.

(3) Where an ear tag which has been attached to a bovine animal under this article becomes illegible or is lost, this article shall have effect in relation to that tag as it has in relation to—

(a) a tag which had been attached under article 8;

(b) a tag which had been attached in compliance with the Directive in accordance with provisions of the law of another member State or an EEA State; or

(c) an approved identification,

as the case may require.

(4) In this article, “approved identification” means an identification mark in the form of an ear tag under the 1990 Order.