Paragraph 3 Notification of deathF1

Scotland

(1)

When an animal is killed in a slaughterhouse, the occupier of the slaughterhouse shall within 7 days of its death—

(a)

notify the Scottish Ministers of its death, in such form and manner as is from time to time approved by them, in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000; and

(b)

return the cattle passport for that animal to the Scottish Ministers F2....

(2)

When an animal is killed elsewhere than a slaughterhouse and its body is sent to a slaughterhouse for dressing—

(a)

the keeper at the time the animal is killed shall—

(i)

enter the details of its death in the cattle passport;

(ii)

ensure that the cattle passport for that animal accompanies the body of the animal to the slaughterhouse; and

(iii)

ensure that the body of the animal is delivered to the slaughterhouse within such time as to enable the occupier of the slaughterhouse to comply with head (b); and

(b)

the occupier of the slaughterhouse shall within 7 days of the animal’s death—

(i)

notify the Scottish Ministers of its death, in such form and manner as is from time to time approved by them, in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000; and

(ii)

return the cattle passport for that animal to the Scottish Ministers F3....

(3)

In any other case when an animal dies, the keeper shall within 7 days of its death—

(a)

notify the Scottish Ministers of its death, in such form and manner as is from time to time approved by them, in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000; and

(b)

either—

(i)

return the identification document for that animal to the Scottish Ministers F4...; or

(ii)

where no identification document for that animal is available, provide reasons when notifying under head (a) for the non-compliance with head (b)(i).

(4)

Subject to paragraph (5), failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

(5)

Failure to comply with sub-head (i) or (ii) of sub-paragraph (2)(b) is not an offence where it is shown that the occupier of the slaughterhouse had reasonable excuse for not complying with that sub-head.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 para. 3 substituted (31.12.2011) by The Cattle Identification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations2011 (S.S.I. 2011/412), regs. 1, 2(5) (with reg. 3)
F2: Words in sch. 2 para. 3(1)(b) omitted (27.5.2017) by virtue of The Cattle Identification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/133), regs. 1, 7(a)(i)
F3: Words in sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b)(ii) omitted (27.5.2017) by virtue of The Cattle Identification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/133), regs. 1, 7(a)(ii)
F4: Words in sch. 2 para. 3(3)(b)(i) omitted (27.5.2017) by virtue of The Cattle Identification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/133), regs. 1, 7(a)(iii)