The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2003

PART 7 Miscellaneous

Removal of an identification mark

24.  No person shall, unless authorised by the Secretary of State, remove an identification mark applied or attached under this Order.

Replacement of an identification mark

25.—(1) No person shall, unless authorised by the Secretary of State, replace an identification mark applied or attached under this Order unless it has—

(a) become illegible;

(b) been removed for welfare reasons; or

(c) been lost.

(2) Any person replacing an identification mark shall either—

(a) apply an identical identification mark; or

(b) apply a new identification mark and cross-refer the new identification mark with the original identification mark in the record kept under article 5.

Production of documents and records

26.  An inspector may require any record made under this Order to be produced on demand and a copy or printout of it to be made.

Enforcement

27.—(1) This Order shall be enforced by the local authority.

(2) The Secretary of State may direct, in relation to cases of a particular description or any particular case, that an enforcement duty imposed on a local authority under this Order shall be discharged by the Secretary of State and not by the local authority.

Revocations

28.—(1) The following are revoked—

(a) the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Interim Measures) (England) (No.2) Order 2002(1);

(b) the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Interim Measures) (England) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2003(2).

(2) The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995(3) is revoked in relation to England only.

(1)

S.I. 2002/2154.

(2)

S.I. 2003/28.

(3)

S.I. 1995/11, as amended.