Article 6 Amendment of article 4

Article 4 of the principal Order is amended in accordance with this article.

For paragraph (2), sub-paragraph (c)(iv) there shall be substituted the following—

“(iv)

where a sheep bears the maximum number of marks permitted under article 10, the individual identification together with the Mark which was applied at the same time as the individual identification number;”.

After paragraph (2), the following is inserted—

“(2A)

The requirement to record an Origin Mark, an F Mark or an R Mark under sub-paragraphs (2)(c)(ii) and (iii) above does not require the keeper to record the individual identification number of the sheep moved.”.