Identification requirements for deerS

16.—(1) A person must not move a deer on to or off any premises unless it has had a means of identification applied to it in a manner approved by the Scottish Ministers.

(2) A person must not move the carcase of any deer on to or off any premises unless it has had a means of identification applied to it in a manner approved by the Scottish Ministers.

(3) A person must not test any deer for tuberculosis unless the deer has had a means of identification applied to it in a manner approved by the Scottish Ministers.

(4) If directed by a veterinary inspector or an approved veterinary surgeon, a keeper of deer must apply a means of identification to the deer, in a manner approved by the Scottish Ministers.

(5) A person must not change or interfere with any means of identification that has been applied in accordance with this article.

Commencement Information

I1Art. 16 in force at 9.10.2015, see art. 1(1)