# The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009, Article 17: Holding registers

Extent: N.I.

(1) A person shall not contravene Article 102(1)(a) and (b) of the Council Regulation and the last sentence of that Article and Article 23(1)(a), (b) and (d), (2) and (4) of the Commission Regulation.
(2) When an animal is moved onto or from its holding, the keeper must—
(a) record in the holding register the information required by Articles 22 and 23(1)(a) and (d) and (4) of the Commission Regulation and the number of animals moved; or
(b) retain a duplicate or a certified copy of the movement document and keep such duplicate or copy with the register in chronological order with any other movement documents retained and shall—
(i) record the date of movement and the number of animals moved in the holding register; and
(ii) cross reference the movement document to the relevant movement records in the holding register.
(3) When an animal is re-identified the keeper shall record in the holding register the date of re-identification and the new identification code applied unless the identification code is the same.
(4) The register kept under Article 102 of the Council Regulation and Article 23(1)(a), (b) and (d), (2) and (4) of the Commission Regulation must be in a format approved by the Department.
(5) The keeper must complete the register—
(a) in the case of the birth of an animal, within 7 days of identification;
(b) in the case of the replacement of an identification mark, within 7 days of the replacement;
(c) in the case of the movement of an animal onto or from a holding other than to a central point of recording, within 7 days of the movement;
(d) in the case of a movement of an animal from a holding to a central point of recording, within 48 hours of the movement;
(e) in the case of the death of an animal, within 7 days of the discovery of the death.
(6) For the purposes of Article 102(3) of the Council Regulation, the period for which the holding register, including the duplicate or certified copies of the movement documents if kept in accordance with paragraph 2(b), must be available is 3 years from the last day when an animal referred to on the document dies or leaves the holding.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/411/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-17
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