Paragraph 3 Lost cattle passports and replacements
England and Wales
If a cattle passport is lost, stolen or destroyed, the keeper of the animal to which it relates must notify the National Assembly in writing within 14 days of becoming aware of the fact and apply for a replacement.
The National Assembly may only provide a replacement cattle passport if it is satisfied that it can accurately reconstruct the movements of the animal since birth or importation.
If the Welsh Ministers do not provide a replacement, the animal to which it relates must not be moved off a holding except (under the authority of a licence granted by the Welsh Ministers) to—
a plant approved under Article 24(1)(a), (b), (c) or (h) of Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council F2, as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 1385/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council; or
a registered collection centre which complies with Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex VI of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 142/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
If a person who has obtained a replacement cattle passport subsequently finds the original cattle passport, he or she must notify the National Assembly within 7 days and enclose with the notification the original cattle passport.
Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this paragraph is guilty of an offence.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 3 para. 3(3) substituted (20.10.2011 at 12.15 a.m.) by The Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2377), reg. 31(2), Sch. 2 para. 13
- F2
Words in Sch. 3 para. 3(3)(a) inserted (28.3.2019) by The Rural Affairs, Environment, Fisheries and Food (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/463), regs. 1(3), 7(4)