Explanatory note

This Order amends the Sales, Markets and Lairs Order (Northern Ireland) 1975.

The amendments made by this Order provide that a notice of approval may be subject to conditions and may be amended, suspended or revoked in writing by the Department at any time if the provisions of this Order are not complied with.

The amendments enable the Department to revoke a notice of approval where the person to whom the notice was issued is convicted of a relevant offence as defined by this Order.

The amendments require the person to whom a notice of approval has been issued to ensure that an animal is not admitted to a market unless accompanied by, in the case any bovine animal, a notification document as specified in the Cattle Identification (Notification of Births, Deaths and Movements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 or in the case of swine, by any documentation required as a condition of a licence granted under the Aujeszky’s Disease Order (Northern Ireland) 1994. The person to whom a notice of approval has been issued is further required to ensure that any documentation is correctly completed and corresponds to the animal to which it refers.