Article 7U.K.
1.With the exception of transporters, each keeper of animals shall:
keep an up-to-date register,
[F1report to the competent authority all movements to and from the holding and all births and deaths of animals of the holding, together with the dates of those events, within a maximum period fixed by the [F2appropriate Minister] concerned; that maximum period shall be at least three days and not exceed seven days following the occurrence of one of those events; F3....]
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3.Each keeper shall supply the competent authority, upon request, with all information concerning the origin, identification and, where appropriate, destination of animals, which he has owned, kept, transported, marketed or slaughtered.
4.The register shall be in a format approved by the competent authority, kept in manual or computerised form, and be available at all times to the competent authority, upon request, for a minimum period to be determined by the competent authority but which may not be less than three years.
[F65.By way of derogation from paragraph 4, keeping a register shall be optional for any keeper who:
(a)has access to the computerised database provided for in Article 5 which already contains the information to be included in the register; and
(b)enters the up-to-date information, or has it entered, directly into the computerised database provided for in Article 5.
6.To ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information to be included in the holding register provided for in this Article, the [F7appropriate Minister may make regulations] to lay down the necessary rules concerning that information F8....]
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 as regards electronic identification of bovine animals and labelling of beef.
F2Words in Art. 7(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 4(11)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 7(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Livestock (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/814), regs. 1, 4(11)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 7(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 3(7)(a) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Art. 7(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 3(7)(b) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Inserted by Regulation (EU) No 653/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 as regards electronic identification of bovine animals and labelling of beef.
F7Words in Art. 7(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 3(7)(c)(i) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Words in Art. 7(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animals (Legislative Functions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/588), regs. 1, 3(7)(c)(ii) (with reg. 12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)