The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 2007

Identification of animals identified before 11th January 2008

7.—(1) This article applies to animals identified before 11th January 2008.

(2) Only the first means of identification, as set out in Article 4(2)(a) of the Council Regulation, is required for animals identified with a unique number before 11th January 2008.

(3) In the case of animals identified before 11th January 2008, but where the existing identification mark does not contain a unique number, a keeper must re-identify those animals before moving them from a holding so that they bear two means of identification which —

(a) in the case of an animal which is on its holding of birth, must be in accordance with the provisions in Article 4(2)(a) and (b) of the Council Regulation; or

(b) in the case of an animal which is not on its holding of birth, must be two replacement tags, in which case the keeper must record information about the addition of the new means of identification in columns 1, 2 and 3 of section 2 of the register together with the full identification code on the replacement tags in column 4 and the letter or letters and flockmark or herdmark on the existing means of identification in columns 5 and 6.