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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-database-regulations-1998/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1796",
  "legislation_title": "The Cattle Database Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-database-regulations-1998",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations provide for the enforcement of the second indent of Article 7.1 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 (OJ No. L117, 7.5.97, p.1) and Article 6.3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2629/97 (OJ No. L354, 30.12.97, p.19) which relate to the notification of birth, movement and death of cattle to a central database. It is an offence to fail to notify in accordance with that legislation and in accordance with these Regulations (regulation 5).\nThe Regulations specify how notification must be made, and empower the Minister to charge for the provision of information stored on the database (regulations 6 to 10).\nThe Regulations contain provisions concerning powers of entry and other powers of inspectors (regulations 11 and 12).\nBreach of regulation 13 (obstruction) is punishable by a fine of level 5 on the standard scale or three months imprisonment for obstruction. For other offences the penalty is—\non summary conviction, a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both;\non conviction on indictment, a fine or imprisonment not exceeding two years or both.\n(regulation 15).\nThe Regulations are enforced by the local authority, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or the Secretary of State (regulation 16).\nIn addition, the Regulations amend the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/871) at regulation 17. They amend regulation 13 of the Cattle Identification Regulations so as to reflect the provisions relating to notification of births in Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97. They amend Regulation 18 of the Cattle Identification Regulations to make provision for affixing bar codes to the new-style passport. They also amend regulations 26 and 27 to ensure that the times for the return of passports are the same as the times for reporting deaths. They insert a new regulation 31A to specify that the veterinary authority and the competent authority for the purposes of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 494/98 (OJ No. L60, 28.2.98, p.78) (slaughter of unmarked animals) shall be the appropriate Minister.\nThe database and the register of approved users of electronic mail are maintained by—\nThe British Cattle Movement Service\nCurwen Road\nWorkington\nCumbria\nA regulatory appraisal has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Animal Health (Disease Control) Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Government Buildings, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 7NF.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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