PART 3Holding registers

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(1)

Any keeper, other than a transporter, who fails to comply with Articles 5(1), 5(3) and 5(5) of the Council Regulation and, in respect of a register, fails to complete and keep that register in accordance with this article, is guilty of an offence against the Animal Health Act 198117.

(2)

Any keeper, other than a transporter, must enter the following information in the register when an animal is moved on to or from his or her holding, in addition to the information required by Section B of the Annex to the Council Regulation—

(a)

the number of animals moved; and either

(b)

in the case of an animal identified in accordance with Articles 4(2)(a) and 4(2)(b) of the Council Regulation, the code on the first means of identification and, if it is different, the code on the second means of identification;

(c)

in the case of an animal moved on to the holding from another Member State and marked in accordance with Council Directive 92/102/EEC, the code on the eartag applied under that Directive; or

(d)

in the case of any other animal, the details required to be entered in the register under Schedule 1.

(3)

In addition to paragraph (2), when an animal is moved from one location on a holding to another location on the holding, if those locations are not contiguous, the keeper must enter in the register—

(a)

a description of the locations to and from which the animal is moved;

(b)

the date of the movement; and

(c)

the number of animals moved.

(4)

For the purposes of Article 5(3) of the Council Regulation, the register must be in the form set out in Schedule 2.

(5)

The keeper must complete the register at the following times—

(a)

in the case of the movement of an animal on to or from his or her holding, within 36 hours of the movement;

(b)

in the case of the movement of an animal from one location on his or her holding to another, within 36 hours of the movement; and

(c)

in the case of the replacement of an eartag or electronic device, within 36 hours of the replacement.

(6)

For the purposes of Article 5(3) of the Council Regulation, the period for which the register must be available is 6 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last entry was made.