Article 6 Records of calves at markets

(1)

No person shall bring a calf to a market unless upon arrival he has furnished the market operator with a written declaration signed by the owner of the calf or his duly authorised agent stating—

(a)

the name and address of the owner of the calf;

(b)

the ear tag number of the calf;

(c)

that the calf has not been brought to a market before or, as the case may be, has been brought to a market only once during the previous 28 days; and

(d)

where the calf has been brought to a market once during the previous 28 days, the address of the market and the date on which the calf was brought there.

(2)

Where a calf has been sold, and before its removal from the market, the market operator shall—

(a)

in the case of a sale by auction; and

(b)

upon request made by the purchaser, in the case of a sale by private treaty;

supply to the purchaser of the calf details in writing of—

(i)

the ear tag of the calf;

(ii)

the date of the sale of the calf and the address of the market at which it was sold; and

(iii)

where the calf has been brought to a market once within the previous 28 days, the address of that market and the date on which the calf was brought there.

(3)

Every market operator shall keep a record of the details supplied to a purchaser of a calf for the purposes of paragraph (2) above and of the name and address of that purchaser.

(4)

In this article, “calf” means a bovine animal under 12 weeks of age.