PART 5Central database

Supply of information21.

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), any keeper who fails to comply with Article 8(2) of the Council Regulation is guilty of an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply in respect of information that was provided to the National Assembly for Wales in accordance with article 3 of the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 200218.

(3)

The keeper must notify the National Assembly for Wales in writing of any change in the information specified in Article 8(2) of the Council Regulation within thirty days of such change.

(4)

On receiving notification under Article 8(2) of the Council Regulation that a person has become the keeper on a holding, the National Assembly for Wales must, subject to paragraph (5), allocate a flockmark in respect of each flock of sheep on the holding and a herdmark in respect of each herd of goats on the holding.

(5)

Where the holding is a slaughterhouse or a market, the National Assembly for Wales must allocate a flockmark or herdmark only where it deems it appropriate to do so.