Paragraph 1 Application of ear tags

Scotland

(1)

Any keeper of animals who fails to comply with the requirements of Article 4(1) F1or Article 4a(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 is guilty of an offence.

(2)

The period determined for the purposes of F2said Article 4a is–

(a)

in the case of a dairy animal–

(i)

within 36 hours of birth for the first tag; and

(ii)

within 20 days of birth for the second tag;

(b)

in the case of bison, within 9 months of birth or when the animal is separated from its mother, whichever is sooner, in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. F3509/1999; and

(c)

in the case of any other animal, within 20 days of birth.

(3)

The identification code for the purposes of Article 1(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004 shall be the following information in the following order–

(a)

the letters “UK”; and

(b)

the number allocated by the Scottish Ministers that is unique to an animal in a herd and contains 12 digits.

F4(4)

Any keeper whose animal is born on an additional holding must apply ear tags to that animal indicating the unique numeric identity either of the principal holding of that keeper or of the additional holding on which that animal was born.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in sch. 1 para. 1(1) substituted (27.5.2017) by The Cattle Identification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/133), regs. 1, 6(a)
F2: Words in sch. 1 para. 1(2) substituted (27.5.2017) by The Cattle Identification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/133), regs. 1, 6(b)(i)
F3: Word in sch. 1 para. 1(2) substituted (27.5.2017) by The Cattle Identification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/133), regs. 1, 6(b)(ii)
F4: Sch. 1 para. 1(4) inserted (27.5.2017) by The Cattle Identification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/133), regs. 1, 6(c)