# The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Scotland) Order 2009, Article 26: Traceability

Extent: S

(1) An operator of a market must have in place a system to ensure that, at all times that an animal is at the market, the holding from which the animal was moved to the market can be ascertained.
(2) The system must provide for the division of animals into batches, each of which has allocated to it a lot number which is unique to that batch.
(3) The operator of the market must enter the date of sale for which the animal entered the market and the lot number of the last batch to which the animal belonged before leaving the market—
(a) in the register; and
(b) on the movement document.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/414/article/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-scotland-order-2009/article-26
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