Alteration of identity tags
22. No person may alter, obliterate or deface the information on any identification mark attached to an animal under—
(a)the Council Regulation;
(b)this order or any provision that gives effect to the Council Regulation in England, Scotland or Northern Ireland;
(c)the previous Orders; or
(d)Council Directive 92/102/EEC, in the case of an animal marked in another member State in accordance with that Directive.