# The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Scotland) Order 2009, Article 29: Contingency planning for power and equipment failure

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(1) Local authorities or officers of the Scottish Minsters may exempt market and slaughterhouse operators from the need to record—
(a) an animal’s unique number on a movement document;
(b) an animal’s unique number in a holding register; or
(c) the numbers of animals in any batch bearing a particular flockmark or herdmark,
where a contingency plan has been agreed between the local authority and the market or slaughterhouse operator.
(2) A contingency plan agreed under paragraph (1) must set out the conditions which must be met by the market or a slaughterhouse operator and the circumstances in which, provided those conditions are met, the exemptions in paragraph (1) will apply.
(3) A contingency plan agreed under paragraph (1) must require a market or slaughterhouse operator to obtain the consent of the local authority on every occasion when that market or slaughterhouse operator wishes to apply the exemptions in paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/414/article/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-scotland-order-2009/article-29
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