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The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1996
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Notification of holdings where sheep or goats are kept
3.—(1) Within three months of the coming into force of this article, or within three months of beginning to keep either sheep or goats on a holding, it shall be the duty of any person keeping sheep or goats on a holding to notify the appropriate authority in writing of—
(a)the address of the holding;
(b)the name and address of the occupier of the holding; and
(c)the species of animals (including species other than sheep or goats) which are usually kept on the holding.
(2) A person keeping sheep or goats shall give written notification to the appropriate authority of any change in the particulars specified in paragraph (1) above within one month of such change.
(3) On receiving notification under this article, the appropriate authority shall allocate to the keeper of the sheep or goats a flockmark in the case of sheep, or a herdmark in the case of goats.
(4) In this article “appropriate authority” means, in relation to England and Wales the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and in Scotland the Secretary of State.
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