# The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009, Article 22: Derogation from movement documents

Extent: N.I.

(1) For the purposes of Article 113(2) of the Council Regulation the Department may authorise any person to notify the movement of an animal by electronic means.
(2) An authorisation under this Article shall specify the format in which the data is to be transmitted and the method of transmission.
(3) Where a person is authorised under this Article to notify the movement of any animal by electronic means, any notification he gives pursuant to that authorisation shall contain the same information in relation to that movement as would be required in the case of a notification by a movement document under Article 21(1) and shall be in the format specified under paragraph (2).
(4) Where the centralised computer database contains the movement information under paragraph (3), the movement document shall be optional.
(5) Where a person notifies the movement of an animal electronically to the Department in accordance with this Article and that movement is to the holding of a keeper not authorised by the Department to notify a movement electronically, the person shall upon the animal’s arrival at the second holding supply a movement document to that keeper.
(6) A keeper to whom a movement document is supplied under paragraph (5) shall send a copy of the movement document to the Divisional Veterinary Office—
(a) within 7 days of the animal arriving at the holding in the case of a holding other than a market, slaughterhouse or assembly centre; or
(b) in the case of a market, slaughterhouse or assembly centre on the day of movement to which it relates, or where this is not reasonably, practicable, on the next following working day.
(7) Where a person not authorised under this Article to notify a movement electronically moves an animal to a keeper who is authorised and the movement is entered onto the centralised computer database by that keeper in accordance with paragraph (3) and within the time periods specified in paragraph (6), the movement document shall be retained by the keeper under Article 20(5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/411/article/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-22
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