Article 2U.K.Number of holdings to be checked
The competent authority shall carry out the checks each year which shall cover at least 3 % of holdings comprising at least 5 % of [F1animals].
However, where those checks reveal a significant degree of non-compliance with Regulation (EC) No 21/2004, those rates shall be increased in the following annual inspection period.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Art. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 11(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)