# Animals (Records) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997, Article 3: Bovine animals

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Subject to the provisions of Articles 5 and 6 the owner or person in charge of bovine animals shall keep a record of the particulars of each bovine animal as specified in the several columns of the form set out in Schedule 1.
(2) A record required by paragraph (1) shall be made within 48 hours of the acquisition, sale, disposal, birth, death or re-identification of each bovine animal.
(3) A market operator shall—
(a) allocate a lot number to each bovine animal presented for sale on his premises;
(b) on the day of the sale make and keep a record of each such bovine animal; and
(c) within 72 hours furnish to the Department a copy of that record.
(4) In relation to a bovine animal, the record kept in accordance with paragraph (3) shall show—
(a) the date of the sale;
(b) the lot number, identification number, sex, breed and colour of that bovine animal;
(c) the name and address of the person who presented that bovine animal for sale; and
(d) the name and address of the purchaser, if any, of that bovine animal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/172/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animals-records-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-3
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