2002 No. 95
ANIMALS, ENGLAND
ANIMAL HEALTH

The Cattle (Identification of Older Animals) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, being designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by that section, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, makes the following Regulations:

Title, extent and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Cattle (Identification of Older Animals) (Amendment) Regulations 2002; they extend to England and shall come into force on 11th February 2002.

Amendment to the Cattle (Identification of Older Animals) Regulations 20002.

The Cattle (Identification of Older Animals) Regulations 20003 are amended by substituting for the word “seven” in regulation 7(2)(e) the word “three”.
Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which extend to England, amend the Cattle (Identification of Older Animals) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2976) as they concern the period within which a keeper must give notification to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the movement of cattle.

The effect of the amendment made by the Regulations is to reduce the period within which notification of movements of cattle must be posted or made by electronic means to the Minister from seven to three days (regulation 2). This is in accordance with the requirements of the second indent of Article 7.1 of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals (OJ L204, 11.8.2000, p.1).

A regulatory impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations.