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Regulation 5
1. It is an offence to fail to register an animal in accordance with this Schedule.
2.—(1) An application to register an animal must be made to the Secretary of State.
(2) Registration is by means of an application for a passport.
(3) The application must be made—
(a)using the Secretary of State’s interactive website;
(b)using software approved by the Secretary of State; or
(c)in writing, using the application form provided by the Secretary of State,
and must provide all the required information.
3.—(1) When a calf is born its keeper must register it within 7 days from the date it is tagged (or, in the case of a dairy herd, from the date on which the second ear tag is applied to the animal).
(2) In the case of bison, the time limit for registration is 7 days from the birth of the calf, whether or not the animal has been tagged, and the application must state the tag number intended to be used for the animal.
4.—(1) If cattle are brought in from another member State, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Northern Ireland, the keeper must, within 15 days of an animal arriving at the holding of destination—
(a)register it with the Secretary of State, and
(b)surrender its cattle passport (if any) to him.
(2) If cattle are brought in from a place specified in sub-paragraph (1) and the holding of destination is a market or a showground, the provisions of sub-paragraph (1) do not apply until the animal reaches a holding that is not a market or a showground.
(3) The requirement to register does not apply in relation to cattle at a slaughterhouse.
5.—(1) In the case of cattle imported from outside the European Union the keeper must register an animal within 15 days from the date that the animal must be tagged in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000.
(2) The requirement to register does not apply in relation to cattle at a slaughterhouse.