The Cattle Identification Regulations 2007

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 4U.K.+iNotification of movement or death

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Notification of movementU.K.+i

1.—(1) A keeper must notify the Secretary of State within three days of any movement of cattle on to or off a holding—

(a)using the Secretary of State’s interactive website;

[F1(aa)using the Secretary of State’s automated telephony service;]

(b)using software approved by the Secretary of State; or

(c)in writing, using the movement card provided by the Secretary of State,

and must provide all the required information.

(2) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Notification of deathU.K.+i

2.[F2(1) When an animal is slaughtered at a slaughterhouse, the occupier of the slaughterhouse must notify the Secretary of State of the death within seven days—

(a)using the Secretary of State’s interactive website;

(b)using the Secretary of State’s automated telephony service;

(c)using software approved by the Secretary of State; or

(d)by completing the death details in the animal’s passport and returning it to the Secretary of State,

and must return the animal’s passport to the Secretary of State within seven days.

(2) If an animal is slaughtered outside a slaughterhouse but sent to a slaughterhouse for dressing, the keeper must complete the death details in the passport and send it with the animal to the slaughterhouse, and the occupier of the slaughterhouse must notify the death by returning the passport to the Secretary of State within seven days of the death of the animal.

(3) In any other case, when an animal dies or is killed the keeper must notify the Secretary of State of the death within seven days—

(a)using the Secretary of State’s interactive website;

(b)using the Secretary of State’s automated telephony service;

(c)using software approved by the Secretary of State; or

(d)by completing the death details in the animal’s passport and returning it to the Secretary of State,

and must return the animal’s passport to the Secretary of State within seven days.

(3A) But where an animal’s passport has been taken and retained by an inspector under regulation 10(3)(d), a requirement under this paragraph to return the passport to the Secretary of State does not apply for so long as the passport is so retained.]

(4) If an animal does not have a cattle passport, the keeper must notify its death to the Secretary of State in writing within seven days, and include the ear tag number, the date of death and the holding on which it died.

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(6) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.