PART 1 Introduction

Individual identification code
3. (1) A reference in this Order to the “individual identification code”(“cod adnabod unigol”) of an animal, other than an animal bearing more than one eartag or tattoo with a number identifying the animal individually, is a reference to the code on—
(a) the first means of identification attached to the animal in accordance with the Council Regulation; or
(b) the eartag or tattoo by means of which an animal born on or before 9 July 2005 was individually identified in accordance with any of the previous Orders or, in the case of an animal not so identified, the code on the identification tag.
(2) In the case of an animal bearing more than one eartag or tattoo with a number identifying the animal individually, a reference in this Order to the “individual identification code” (“cod adnabod unigol”) is—
(a) in the case of an animal not from Northern Ireland, the eartag or tattoo with the letters “UK”and a number identifying the animal individually or, if the animal is not so marked, the eartag or tattoo most recently applied that identifies the animal individually; or
(b) in the case of an animal from Northern Ireland, the code applied to the eartag in the animal’s left ear.