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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order further amends the Movement of Animals (Records) Order 1960 (“the 1960 Order”) by–

(a)

extending the requirements of the 1960 Order relating to movement records so that they apply to the movement of deer as well as to the movement of bovine animals, sheep, goats and pigs (article 2(a) and (f));

(b)

requiring any person who sells any deer by private treaty and any person who conducts a sale of any deer by auction to make a record of certain specified particulars and to keep that record for a period of 3 years from the date of the sale (article 2(c) and (d)); and

(c)

providing that the making of a false entry in a record kept for the purposes of the 1960 Order is to be an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981 (article 2(e)).