Regulation 2 Amendment of the Cattle Identification (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

The Cattle Identification (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998^f1 shall be amended as provided in this regulation.

In regulation 2(1) for the definition of “the Council Regulation” there shall be substituted the following definition –

• ““the Council Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97;”.

After regulation 7 there shall be inserted the following regulation –

“Transfer of ear tags

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A person shall not, except with the permission of the Department –

(a)

transfer an ear tag attached to an animal under Article 4.1 of the Council Regulation or under the provisions of the 1964 Order, from an animal or a carcase to any other animal

or

(b)

use for identifying any animal an eartag which has at any time already been used for identifying any other animal.”.

In regulation 15(1) –

After regulation 17(2) there shall be added the following paragraph –

“(3)

For the purposes of Article 18(6) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981^f2 any offence against these Regulations shall be deemed to be an offence against that Order.”.