Cattle Identification (Notification of Births, Deaths and Movements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Notification of cattle movement

7.—(1) Subject to regulation 9, the notification of movement of cattle in accordance with the second indent of Article 7.1 of the Council Regulation shall be by the keeper either—

(a) correctly completing a notification document with the date of the movement to which it relates and indicating whether the movement was off or on to his holding; or

(b) where the keeper is a market operator, correctly completing a notification document with the date of the movement to which it relates and whether the movement was into or out of the market,

and delivering that document to the Department in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In accordance with Article 6.3 of the Commission Regulation a notification document shall be—

(a) sent to the Department on the day of the movement to which it relates; or

(b) where the keeper is a market operator, delivered by him to the Department on the day of the movement to which it relates or, where this is not reasonably practicable, on the next following working day.

(3) Each notification document sent in accordance with this regulation shall be signed and dated by the keeper who sent it.

(4) The keeper of an animal shall ensure that a copy of the notification document delivered in pursuance of this regulation accompanies the animal to which it relates while it is in transit and shall, on demand made by an inspector or by a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary—

(a) produce that document and allow a copy or extract to be taken; and

(b) furnish his name and address.

(5) Any person who fails to comply with any requirement imposed on him by or under paragraph (4) shall be guilty of an offence.