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Article 14 Records in respect of poultry carried by rail

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(1)

The owner or other person in charge of poultry transported by rail shall ensure that the receptacle containing the poultry bears a label containing the information specified in Schedule 2, such information being set out in a permanent and legible form.

(2)

The British Railways Board or other railway company transporting poultry by rail shall—

(a)

make a record of the information contained on every label made for the purposes of paragraph (1) above;

(b)

keep such record at the railway station at which the poultry are unloaded and retain it there for a period of six months from the date of such unloading; and

(c)

produce such record to an inspector on demand being made by him at any reasonable time during that period and allow a copy thereof or an extract therefrom to be taken.