Article 9 Breeding records of bovine animals
The owner or person in charge of a female bovine animal which gives birth to a calf shall enter in a record in the form set out in the Schedule to this Order or in a form to the like effect such particulars relating to that calf and its dam, as are specified in the headings of the several columns in that Schedule.
Every entry in a record to be made by a person under this Order shall be made by him within the period specified in paragraph 3 below.
Where the entry relates to the birth of a bovine animal in a dairy herd the entry shall be made within 36 hours of the birth.
Where the entry relates to the birth of a bovine animal other than a bovine animal in a dairy herd the entry shall be made within 7 days of the birth.
Every record required to be made by a person under this Order shall be retained by him for a period of 10 years from the date of the birth to which the record relates.
Any person who is for the time being in charge of any record required to be made under this Order shall, on demand made by an inspector at any reasonable time during that period, produce those records and allow a copy to be made of them, or an extract to be taken from them and where the records are kept by means of a computer they shall be produced in a form in which they may be taken away.