The Sheep Annual Premium Regulations 1992

Keeping and retention of a register

4.  A producer shall be required to keep a register containing the following information–

(a) the dates on which female sheep put to the ram for the first time gave birth and the number of lambs produced;

(b) the number and date of any sheep purchased, sold or otherwise disposed of, the name and address of the seller, buyer or other recipient or in the case of sheep purchased or sold at a livestock market, the name and address of that market; and

(c) in cases of losses of sheep the date the producer discovered the loss, the number lost and the circumstances of the loss;

and retain such register for 3 years from the end of the marketing year to which the last entry therein relates.