Regulation 2 Amendments to the Cattle Identification (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998I1

The Cattle Identification (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “approved eartag”, after “Article 9(1)”, insert “and (3)”.

In regulation 3(1), sub-paragraph (a), after “Article 9(1)”, insert “and (3)”.

After regulation 3, insert—

“Electronic eartags

3A.

In accordance with Article 41(1) of the Commission Delegated Regulation, the person responsible for identifying an animal in accordance with Article 38 of that Regulation may replace one of the conventional eartags referred to in Article 38(1)(a) by an electronic eartag approved by the Department in accordance with Article 9(3) of the Commission Implementing Regulation.”.