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Article 13 Construction of ear tags

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(1)

It shall not be lawful for any person to attach an ear tag to a bovine animal under this Order unless the ear tag is of a pattern approved by the Minister for the purposes of this Order.

(2)

It shall not be lawful for any person to supply to any other person an ear tag which may be attached to an animal under this Order unless the ear tag is so constructed as—

(a)

not adversely to affect the well-being of the animal to which it is attached;

(b)

to be legible for the life of the animal to which it is attached;

(c)

to be incapable of being altered in such a way that the fact of alteration cannot be readily observed; and

(d)

to be incapable of re-use.