# The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009, Article 11: Removal or replacement of means of identification

Extent: N.I.

(1) A person shall not contravene Article 45(3)(b) of the Commission Regulation.
(2) But a keeper must replace a lost or illegible means of identification for any animal to which Article 9 or 13 applies, in accordance with Article 12 or 15 as the case may be, as soon as possible after the original means of identification is discovered to be lost or illegible, but in any event—
(a) no later than 28 days after it was discovered to be lost or illegible, and
(b) before the animal is moved from the holding.
(3) Where an identification mark is replaced with an identification mark bearing a different identification code and the old identification code is known the keeper must cross reference the old and the new identification codes in—
(a) the holding register; or
(b) the centralised computer database, if authorised in accordance with Article 18.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/411/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-11
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