PART 4 Movement documents

Movement document
17. (1) A keeper must comply with Article 6(1) of the Council Regulation and complete the movement document in accordance with this article.
(2) Any keeper who fails to comply with Article 6(3) of the Council Regulation is guilty of an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the movement document must—
(a) be in the form set out in Schedule 3;
(b) be completed in full by the appropriate keeper as specified in that form; and
(c) in addition to containing the information required by Section C of the Annex to the Council Regulation, be completed by the keeper with the information in Schedule 3, including—
(i) 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; or
(ii) in the case of any other animal, the details required to be entered in the movement document under Schedule 1.
(4) A market operator may complete an electronically generated movement document in a form other than that set out in Schedule 3, provided that it—
(a) contains the information in Section C of the Annex to the Council Regulation and paragraph (3)(c)(i) or (3)(c)(ii) of this article; and
(b) is printed and signed by the market operator.
(5) For the purposes of Article 6(3) of the Council Regulation, the minimum period for which the keeper at the holding of destination must keep the movement document is 3 years from the date of the movement of an animal on to his or her holding.