CHAPTER IIORGANISERS, TRANSPORTERS, KEEPERS AND ASSEMBLY CENTRES
Article 9Assembly centres
1.
Operators of assembly centres shall ensure that animals are treated in accordance with the technical rules set out in Chapters I and III, section 1, of Annex I.
2.
Operators of assembly centres that are approved in accordance with F1assimilated veterinary legislation shall in addition:
(a)
entrust the handling of animals only to personnel who have followed training courses on the relevant technical rules set out in Annex I F2or have followed training courses in Northern Ireland on the relevant technical rules set out in Annex I of the EU Regulation;
(b)
regularly inform people admitted to the assembly centre of their duties and obligations under this Regulation and of the penalties for any infringement;
(c)
make permanently available to people admitted to the assembly centre the details of F3the competent authority to whom any possible infringement of the requirements of this Regulation are to be notified;
(d)
in case of non-compliance with this Regulation by any person present at the assembly centre, and without prejudice to any action taken by F3the competent authority, take the necessary measures to remedy the non-compliance observed and to prevent its recurrence;
(e)
adopt, monitor and enforce the necessary internal rules in order to ensure compliance with points (a) to (d).