{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-england-order-2007/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-england-order-2007/article-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3493",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-england-order-2007",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Holding register",
  "text": "(1) Every keeper, other than a transporter, must comply with Article 5(1), (3) and (5) of the Council Regulation.\n(2) When an animal is moved onto or from its holding, the keeper must record—\n(a) the information required by Section B of the Annex to the Council Regulation; and\n(b) the number of animals moved.\n(3) The information referred to in paragraph (2) in respect of animals moving onto a holding must be recorded by the keeper by entering it in section 3 of the register.\n(4) The information referred to in paragraph (2) in respect of animals moving from a holding must be recorded by the keeper by either—\n(a) entering it in section 3 of the register; or\n(b) retaining a duplicate or a certified copy of the movement document and keeping such duplicate or copy with the register in chronological order with any other movement documents retained.\n(5) Where an animal is consigned for export the keeper at the holding of origin must, in addition to the information referred to in paragraph (2), record the unique number of that animal when recording its movement onto and off the holding of origin, by the methods set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) (a) or (b).\n(6) For the purposes of Article 5(3) of the Council Regulation, the register must be in the form set out in Schedule 1.\n(7) The keeper must complete the register—\n(a) in the case of the movement of an animal onto or from a holding within 36 hours of the movement;\n(b) in the case of the replacement of an identification mark, within 36 hours of the replacement.\n(8) Where a keeper moves his animals to another holding but continues to be the keeper, the keeper does not have to keep the register on that holding but must be able to produce it within a reasonable amount of time to the Secretary of State upon request.\n(9) For the purposes of Article 5(3) of the Council Regulation, the period for which the register, including the duplicate or certified copies of the movement documents if kept in accordance with paragraph (4)(b), must be available is 3 years from when the last entry was made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3493/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:39:27.758875+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}