16.—(1) Where an animal identified before 31st December 2009 is not identified with an identification mark the keeper must re-identify it in accordance with Article 9 in the case of a sheep or in the case of a goat Article 9 or Article 13—
(a)no later than 28 days of discovering that the animal has no means of identification; and
(b)before the animal is moved of the holding.
(2) A keeper may at any time re-identify the animal in accordance with Article 11 in the case of a sheep or in the case of a goat Article 9 or Article 13.
(3) Where an animal identified before 31st December 2009 is moved off a holding on or after 1st June 2010 the keeper must before the animal leaves the holding re-identify the animal with the means of identification specified in Article 9(2) in the case of a sheep or in the case of a goat Article 9 or Article 13.
(4) Where an identification mark is replaced with an identification mark bearing a different identification code the keeper must record the date of replacement identification and the new identification code in—
(a)the holding register; or
(b)the centralised computer database, if authorised in accordance with Article 18.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 16 in operation at 31.12.2009, see art. 1