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The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2008

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PART 4Movements

Movement of pigs

12.—(1) Any person transporting pigs must carry a document, signed by the keeper, that specifies—

(a)the address, including postcode and CPH number of the holdings from, and to which, the pig is being moved;

(b)the date of the movement;

(c)the number of pigs that the document covers;

(d)the identification mark of each of the pigs moved (in the case of a movement specified in article 9 or 10, this must include the unique individual identification number required by those articles); and

(e)in the case of a movement from a market, the lot numbers of the pigs being moved.

(2) The person referred to in paragraph (1) must give the document to the keeper at the holding of destination, who must keep it for at least 6 months.

(3) The keeper at the holding of destination must, within 3 days of the arrival of a pig, send a copy of the document referred to in paragraph (1) to the local authority.

(4) The keeper of a pig being moved outside Wales must send a copy of the document referred to in paragraph (1) to the local authority for the consigning holding.

(5) In this article “CPH number” means the county parish holding number assigned to a holding or part of a holding by the Welsh Ministers.

Walking licences for pet pigs

13.  The Welsh Ministers may grant a walking licence to a keeper of a pet pig allowing him or her to take the pig for a walk off the holding without complying with article 5 or 12, but the person walking the pig must carry a copy of the licence throughout the walk.

Approved holdings

14.—(1) The Welsh Ministers may approve a holding for the purposes of movements of pigs intended for breeding or growing.

(2) The approval must specify which holdings pigs may be moved from and which holdings they may be moved on to.

(3) A movement of a pig between holdings approved under this article does not trigger the standstill period in the Disease Control (Wales) Order 2003(1).

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