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2002 No. 2302 (W.227)

ANIMALS, WALES

ANIMAL HEALTH

The Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2002

  Made at 11:30a.m. on 5th September 2002 
  Coming into force 6th September 2002 


ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES

Article
1. Title, application, commencement and cessation
2. Interpretation
3. Notification of holdings where sheep or goats are kept
4. Sheep records
5. Goat records
6. Marks
7. Applying Origin mark
8. Movement from holding of birth
9. Movements generally
10. Maximum number of marks
11. Marking animals from outside the European Union
12. Movement documents
13. Removal and replacement of eartags and tattoos
14. Application of eartags and tattoos
15. Alteration of eartags and tattoos
16. Production of records and documents
17. Markets
18. Enforcement
19. Revocation of the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (Wales) Order 2002

  The Schedule

The National Assembly for Wales and the Secretary of State, acting jointly in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1 and 8(1) of the Animal Health Act 1981[
1], make the following Order:

Title, application, commencement and cessation
     1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (Wales) (No. 2) Order 2002 and applies to Wales.

    (2) This Order comes into force on 6th September 2002 and shall cease to have effect on 1st February 2003.

Interpretation
    
2.  - (1) In this Order - 

    (2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Order to a numbered article is a reference to the article bearing that number in this Order and any reference in an article to a numbered or lettered paragraph or sub-paragraph is a reference to the paragraph or sub-paragraph bearing that number or letter in that article.

Notification of holdings where sheep or goats are kept
     3.  - (1) Where after the relevant date, a person becomes the keeper of any sheep or goat on a holding, he or she shall, within one month after he or she begins to keep that animal, notify the National Assembly in writing - 

    (2) The keeper must notify the National Assembly in writing of any change in the particulars specified in paragraph (1) within one month of such change.

    (3) On receiving notification under this regulation the National Assembly must, subject to paragraph (4), allocate in respect of the holding a flockmark in the case of sheep or a herdmark in the case of goats.

    (4) Where the holding is a slaughterhouse or market, the National Assembly shall allocate a flockmark or herdmark only where it deems it appropriate to do so.

Sheep records
    
4.  - (1) Any person keeping sheep on a holding (other than an assembly centre, market, show, slaughterhouse or collecting centre) must record, on or before 31st January in each year, the number of sheep on that holding on 1st January of that year.

    (2) Within 36 hours of a sheep being moved onto or off a holding, the keeper must record - 

    (3) Paragraph (2)(c) shall not apply in the case of a sheep - 

provided the keeper records the temporary mark applied to the sheep.

    (4) In the case of a sheep being sold without being moved onto or off a holding, the vendor must record, within 36 hours of the sale - 

    (5) In the case of a sheep marked in accordance with article 11 or re-marked in accordance with article 13(2)(b) or (c), the keeper must, within 36 hours of marking or re-marking the sheep (as the case may be), record the new sheep flockmark and the previous one, if known.

    (6) When a keeper marks a sheep with an X Mark, he or she shall within 36 hours - 

    (7) The person making a record under this article must retain the record for a period of six years.

Goat records
    
5.  - (1) Any person keeping a goat on a holding (other than an assembly centre, market, show, slaughterhouse or collecting centre) must record, on or before 31st January in each year, the number of goats on that holding on 1st January of that year.

    (2) Within 36 hours of a goat being moved onto or off a holding, the keeper must record - 

    (3) Paragraph 2(c) shall not apply in the case of a goat - 

provided the keeper records the temporary mark applied to the goat.

    (4) In the case of a goat being sold without being moved onto or off a holding, the vendor must record, within 36 hours of the sale - 

    (5) In the case of a goat marked in accordance with article 11 or re-marked in accordance with article 13(2)(b) or (c), the keeper must, within 36 hours of marking or re-marking the goat (as the case may be), record the new herdmark and the previous one, if known.

    (6) When a keeper marks a goat with an X Mark, he or she shall within 36 hours - 

    (7) The person making a record under this article must retain the record for a period of six years.

Marks
    
6.  - (1) A mark applied under this Order (save for a temporary mark) shall be applied to the animal's ear by way of an eartag or tattoo.

    (2) An eartag shall be - 

    (3) A tattoo means a tattoo which is legible for the life of the animal.

    (4) An F Mark is - 

    (5) An Origin Mark is - 

    (6) An R Mark is - 

    (7) An S Mark is the letter "S" followed by the flockmark or herdmark of the holding on which the animal was kept at the time it was so marked.

    (8) An X Mark is the letters "UK" followed by the flockmark or herdmark of the holding from which the animal is to be moved to a destination outside Great Britain, followed by the letter "X".

    (9) An "individual identification number" is a number which - 

    (10) A number shall not fail to be an "individual identification number" by reason only that it is not applied to the same eartag as the Origin Mark, S Mark, F Mark, R Mark or X Mark where - 

    (11) A temporary mark shall be sufficiently distinctive to be described in the document required under article 12 and shall remain visible to the naked eye until the animal is slaughtered or returns to the holding from which it had been sent to market for the purpose of sale for slaughter or returns to the holding from temporary grazing land.

Applying Origin Mark
    
7.  - (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the keeper of a sheep or goat born in Wales on or after the relevant date, or which is still on its holding of birth on that date, must, as soon as possible apply an Origin Mark to that animal.

    (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in respect of an animal which, before the relevant date, was marked in accordance with regulation 7 or 14 of the 2000 Regulations or article 7(1) of the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (Wales) Order 2002[
6], as appropriate.

Movement from holding of birth
     8.  - (1) A person must not move a sheep or goat from its holding of birth unless an Origin Mark is applied to it.

    (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of - 

Movements generally
    
9.  - (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4) and articles 8 and 10, a person must not move a sheep or goat unless it is marked with one or more of the following - 

    (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where - 

    (3) An animal must not be moved to or from a show unless it is marked with an individual identification number together with the mark which was applied at the same time as the individual identification number.

    (4)

    (5)

Maximum number of marks
     10.  - (1) A person must not apply an S Mark to a sheep or goat which already bears three marks consisting of one or more of the marks described in paragraph (2).

    (2) The marks described in this paragraph are - 

Marking animals from outside the European Union
     11.  - (1) If a sheep or goat is imported to a holding in Wales from outside the European Union, within thirty days of arrival at that holding and in any event before it is moved from that holding, the keeper at that holding must mark it with an F Mark.

    (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an animal imported direct to a slaughterhouse, where the animal is slaughtered there within 5 days without having been moved from the slaughterhouse.

Movement documents
    
12.  - (1) A person must not move a sheep or goat unless it is accompanied by a document, signed by the owner of the animal or his or her agent and which specifies - 

    (2) The document shall also specify

    (3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of an animal which is being moved - 

    (4) When the animal arrives at its destination, the person moving the animal must give the document referred to in paragraph (1) above to the keeper at the holding of destination.

    (5) The keeper at the holding of destination shall, within 3 days of the arrival of the animal there, send a copy of the document referred to in paragraph (1) to the local authority for the area in which the holding is situated.

    (6) The keeper of an animal being moved outside Great Britain shall send a copy of the document referred to in paragraph (1) to the local authority for the area in which the premises from which the animal is being moved, are situated.

Removal and replacement of eartags and tattoos
    
13.  - (1) Except under the authority of an officer of the National Assembly, a person may not remove or replace an eartag or a tattoo which has been applied to an animal in accordance with this Order, the 2000 Regulations, or the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (Wales) Regulations 2002, unless it has become illegible or in the case of an eartag, is removed for welfare purposes or is lost.

    (2) When an Origin Mark, F Mark or R Mark has become illegible, is removed for welfare purposes or is lost, the keeper must - 

    (3) When an S Mark has become illegible or is lost, the keeper shall, if he or she knows the details (specified in article 6(7)) that were on that mark, replace it with an identical mark.

    (4) Paragraph (2) and (3) shall not apply in the case of an animal at a market or slaughterhouse.

    (5) No person shall consign any sheep or goat outside Great Britain if it is marked with an eartag or tattoo ending with the letter "R" showing that it is a replacement eartag or tattoo.

Application of eartags and tattoos
    
14. Other than for the purpose of complying with the requirements of this Order, a person shall not apply an eartag or tattoo bearing a flockmark or herdmark to a sheep or goat unless authorised by the National Assembly.

Alteration of eartags and tattoos
    
15. A person shall not alter, obliterate or deface the information on an eartag or tattoo applied to a sheep or goat under this Order.

Production of records and documents
    
16. Any person in charge of any record or document required to be kept under this Order must produce it to an inspector on demand (or, if it is kept in electronic form, produce a printout of it) and allow a copy to be made.

Markets
    
17.  - (1) The operator of the market shall ensure that all sheep and goats attending the market are divided into groups of one or more animals immediately upon their arrival there, and a lot number is allocated to each group.

    (2) No person shall buy or sell a sheep or goat at a market unless he or she also buys all other animals in the lot to which that sheep or goat belongs.

    (3) The operator of a market shall ensure that as soon as a sheep or goat has been sold at the market, the movement document described in article 12 is completed.

    (4) No person shall move a sheep or goat from a market other than to the premises identified in the movement record completed in accordance with paragraph (3) above.

    (5) The market operator shall ensure that on the day that a sheep or goat is moved from the market, he or she sends a document substantially in the form set out in the Schedule to this Order, specifying the information described in article 12(1) and (2) to the local authority for the area in which the market is situated.

Enforcement
    
18. Except where otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Order are to be executed and enforced by the local authority.

Revocation of the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (Wales) Order 2002
    
19. The Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (Wales) Order 2002 is revoked.



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales


Jane Davidson
Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning

at 2:31pm on 4th September 2002


Whitty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
at 11:30am on 5th September 2002



THE SCHEDULE
Article 17


NOTICE OF MOVEMENT FROM MARKET


Name of market operator sending the notice:




Departure:

CPH Number

Address

Postcode

(of market premises from which sheep or goats are to be moved)

Destination:

CPH Number

Address

Postcode

(of place of destination to which sheep or goats are to be moved)

Date of movement Number of sheep or goats to be moved Identification mark in accordance with article 12(2) Lot number under which animals sold at market
                             



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order applies only to Wales and revokes and re-enacts (subject to some amendment) the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) (Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1357 (W.133)). It implements the provisions relating to sheep and goats of the Council Directive 92/102/EEC on the identification and registration of animals (OJ No. L355, 5.12.92, p.32) and provides interim disease control-related measures for the period from 6th September 2002 to 1st February 2003.

The Order requires a person keeping sheep or goats to notify the National Assembly (article 3) and to keep records of the movements and other details of sheep and goats (articles 4 and 5).

Article 7 requires sheep and goats born in Wales to be marked with an Origin Mark and article 8 prohibits moving the animals from their holding of birth without an Origin Mark. Article 9 prohibits various general movements of sheep or goats unless they are marked with specified identification marks.

Article 10 provides for a maximum of 3 identification marks to be applied to a sheep or goat in most cases. Article 11 requires a sheep or goat imported from outside the European Union to be marked with an F Mark within 30 days.

Article 12 provides for a document containing specified information to accompany sheep or goats when they are moved, except in certain circumstances.

Articles 13 to 15 provide for the removal, replacement and addition of the eartags and tattoos, and prohibits their defacement. Article 16 requires production of records to an inspector and article 17 sets out provisions in respect of markets. Article 18 provides for local authorities to enforce the provisions of this Order.

Breach of any provision of this Order is an offence under Section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981 and is punishable on conviction with a fine.

The main changes from the previous Order are - 

A regulatory appraisal has not been prepared for this Order.


Notes:

[1] 1981 c.22 See section 86(1) for the definitions of "the Ministers". In relation to Wales, the powers of "the Ministers" so far as exercisable by the Secretary of State for Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and in so far as such powers were exercisable by the Secretary of State for Scotland, they were transferred to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by the Transfer of Functions (Agriculture and Food) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3141). The functions of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were subsequently transferred to the Secretary of State by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/ 794).back

[2] S.I. 2000/1673; relevant amendment is the Animals and Animal Products (Import and Export) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/430 (W.52)).back

[3] S.I. 2000/2335 (W.152) (now revoked).back

[4] S.I. 1995/539 as amended by S.I. 1995/3189, and in relation to Wales by S.I. 2000/656, S.I. 2000/2257, S.I. 2001/1508, S.I. 2001/1740, S.I. 2001/1802, S.I. 2001/2627 and S.I. 2002/129.back

[5] S.I. 2002/2304 (W.229).back

[6] S.I. 2002/1357 (W.133).back

[7] OJ L355 of 5.12.92, p.0032.back

[8] S.I. 1983/1950.back



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  Prepared 27 September 2002


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