Regulation 6 Completion of cattle passports when cattle are to be consigned out of Northern IrelandI1

When an animal is moved off a holding for consignment out of Northern Ireland to another part of the European Community, the keeper shall give the cattle passport relating to that animal, duly completed, in accordance with paragraph (2), to the transporter and the transporter shall, subject to paragraph (3), ensure that each animal is accompanied throughout its journey by that cattle passport.

A cattle passport accompanying an animal during any movement to which paragraph (1) relates shall be marked with the date on which the movement began and shall be signed in the appropriate place by the keeper.

Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.

It shall be a defence for any person charged under paragraph (3) who is not the owner of the animal to which the charge relates to prove that he had no reason to believe that the animal was intended to be consigned out of Northern Ireland or that the cattle passport which accompanied it was not genuine or did not relate to the animal being moved, as the case may be.