Regulation 7 Notification of cattle movement

The notification of movement of cattle in accordance with the second indent of Article 7.1 of the Council Regulation shall be by the keeper—

• 1. (a)

     affixing to one of the movement cards issued with the cattle passport a bar code label identifying the holding and provided for the purpose by the appropriate Minister (unless it is not practicable to do so, in which case the person notifying the movement shall write on the movement card the holding number, the address of the holding and the name of the keeper);

  2. (b)

     indicating on the movement card whether the movement is on or off a holding (or, in the case of a market operator, indicating on one of the movement cards that the animal has moved through the market);

  3. (c)

     entering the date of the movement on the movement card;

  4. (d)

     signing the movement card; and

  5. (e)

     detaching the movement card from the passport and posting it to the appropriate Minister within 15 days of the movement (or, for a movement on or after 1st January 2000, within 7 days of the movement).