PART 6Eartags
Replacement of eartags lost at markets25.
(1)
The requirements of articles 23 and 24 to replace eartags and tattoos do not apply to a market operator or slaughterhouse operator.
(2)
If an eartag or tattoo is removed, lost or discovered to be illegible while an animal is on the way to or at a market, the person who purchases the animal at the market must apply a replacement in accordance with the following provisions as soon as possible and in any event before the animal is moved from his or her holding—
(a)
in the case of a removed, lost or illegible movement tag, he or she must attach an identical replacement, unless, after taking all reasonable steps he or she cannot ascertain the number on the original tag;
(b)
in the case of a removed, lost or illegible identification tag, he or she must attach an identical replacement or an R tag;
(c)
in the case of a removed, lost or illegible eartag that was attached under any of the previous Orders, other than an S mark, he or she must attach an identical replacement or an R tag; or
(d)
in the case of a removed or illegible tattoo that was attached under any of the previous Orders, he or she must attach an R tag or apply an R tattoo.