Article 21 Supply of information

Subject to paragraph (2), any keeper who fails to comply with Article 8(2) of the Council Regulation is guilty of an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981.

Paragraph (1) shall not apply in respect of information that was provided to the Secretary of State in accordance with article 3 of the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (England) (No. 2) Order 2002^f1.

The keeper must notify the Secretary of State in writing of any change in the information specified in Article 8(2) of the Council Regulation within thirty days of such change.

On receiving notification under Article 8(2) of the Council Regulation that a person has become the keeper on a holding, the Secretary of State shall, subject to paragraph (5), allocate a flockmark in respect of each flock of sheep on the holding and a herdmark in respect of each herd of goats on the holding.

Where the holding is a slaughterhouse or a market, the Secretary of State shall allocate a flockmark or herdmark only where she deems it appropriate to do so.