Identification and Movement of Sheep and Goats Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

Replacement eartags

6.  Where the keeper of an animal discovers that the characters on an approved eartag attached to that animal have become illegible or that an approved eartag has been lost, he shall, immediately and no later than 24 hours after the discovery –

(a) where an animal loses a natal tag on its holding of birth, attach a replacement natal tag in accordance with Article 4(1);

(b) where an animal has lost an approved eartag, other than a natal tag, replace it with a green approved eartag in accordance with Article 4(3); and

(c) where an animal has lost all it’s approved eartags from both the left and right ears, attach an orange approved eartag to the left ear,

bearing the information relevant to that holding as specified in Article 5(1)(b).