[F1Article 4aU.K. Time period for the application of the means of identification
1.The means of identification provided for in Article 4(1) shall be applied to the animal before the expiry of a maximum period, to be determined by the [F2appropriate Minister]. The maximum period shall be calculated from the date of birth of the animal and shall not exceed 20 days.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, for reasons related to the physiological development of the animals, that period may, for the second means of identification, be extended up to 60 days following the birth of the animal.
No animal may leave the holding where it was born before the two means of identification have been applied to that animal.
2.To enable the application of the means of identification in special circumstances involving practical difficulties, the [F3appropriate Minister may make regulations to] extend the maximum periods for the application of the means of identification as provided for in the first and second subparagraphs of paragraph 1. F4...]
Textual Amendments
F1Inserted by Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 as regards electronic identification of bovine animals and labelling of beef.
F2Words in Art. 4a substituted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 4(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 4a(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 3(5)(a) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 4a(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 3(5)(b) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)