Article 7 Amendment of article 9

Article 9 of the principal Order is amended in accordance with the provisions of this article.

In article 9(2)(i) “or” shall be deleted.

After article 9(2)(j) there shall be inserted the following—

“or

(k)

a sheep is marked with a temporary mark and is returning from temporary grazing land to the holding on which it was kept immediately prior to being moved to the temporary grazing land.”.

After article 9(3) there shall be inserted the following—

“(3A)

(a)

A person shall not move an animal to an assembly centre unless the animal is marked in accordance with one or more of the following sub-paragraphs—

(i)

with an Origin Mark and with an individual identification number;

(ii)

with an S Mark and with an individual identification number;

(iii)

with an F Mark and with an individual identification number;

(iv)

with a mark applied under the Sheep and Goats Order 2000 and with an individual identification number.

(b)

Paragraph (1) shall not apply in respect of an animal which is being moved in accordance with sub-paragraph (a).”.

For article 9(4)(a) there shall be substituted the following—

“(4)

(a)

A person shall not move an animal to premises outside Great Britain unless the animal is marked in accordance with one or more of the following sub-paragraphs—

(i)

with an Origin Mark which includes the letters “UK” and with an individual identification number;

(ii)

with an F Mark which includes the letters “UK” and with an individual identification number; or

(iii)

with an X Mark and an individual identification number which was applied at the same time as the X Mark.”.