Article 6 Records concerning goats

(1)

Any person keeping goats on a holding shall record, on or before 31st January each year, the number of goats on that holding on 1st January of that year.

(2)

Within 36 hours of goats being deliberately moved on or off a holding, the keeper shall record—

(a)

the date of movement;

(b)

the identification mark (or, in the case of a person receiving goats directly from a market, or a person keeping a record at a market, the lot number allocated at the market) of each of the goats moved;

(c)

the total number of goats moved;

(d)

the holding of birth (if known); and

(e)

either—

(i)

the holding from which the goats have been brought, if they are moved on to the holding, or

(ii)

the holding to which the goats are moved if they are moved off the holding.

(3)

In the case of goats being sold without being moved on or off a holding, the vendor shall record, within 36 hours of the sale—

(a)

the date of sale;

(b)

the number of animals sold;

(c)

the name and address of the purchaser; and

(d)

the identification mark of each of the goats.

(4)

All records under this article shall be retained by the person making the record for a period of three years.