Regulation 8
1.—(1) In accordance with Article 7(1), first indent and Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 (keeping an up-to-date register) any person who fails to complete a register in accordance with this paragraph, is guilty of an offence.
(2) He must complete it at the following times—
(a)in the case of the movement of an animal on or off a holding, within 36 hours of the movement;
(b)in the case of the birth of an animal in a dairy herd, within 7 days of the birth;
(c)in the case of the birth of an animal otherwise than in a dairy herd, within 30 days of the birth;
(d)in the case of the death of an animal, within 7 days of the death;
(e)in the case of a replacement ear tag where the ear tag number is changed, within 36 hours of the replacement.
(3) The register must contain the information in Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004 and, in addition, the ear tag of the dam (in the case of embryo transfer, the surrogate dam and, if known, genetic dam)(1) (in the case of an animal born before 1st April 1995 that does not have an ear tag, the identification mark must be recorded instead of the ear tag number).
2. Any person who fails to comply with Article 7(3) (provision of information) is guilt of an offence.
3.—(1) For the purposes of Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000, the register must be kept for 10 years in the case of a farm and 3 years in any other case, in both cases from the end of the calendar year in which the last entry was made; and any record made under the Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995 must be kept for the same period.
(2) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.
The required information and a suitable format is available at http//defraweb/animalh/tracing/cattle/passport/records/records-index.htm