Cattle Identification (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

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

3.—(1) The Cattle Identification (Notification of Births, Deaths and Movements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(1) are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) In regulation 2 (Interpretation), in paragraph (2), in the definition of “the Commission Regulation” for “2629/97”, substitute “911/2004(2)”.

(3) In regulation 4 (Address for notification) omit the words “personally” and “of the Department”.

(4) In regulation 6, (Notification of birth)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “Article 6.3”, substitute “Article 9”;

(b) in paragraph (3), for “the keeper who sent it”, substitute “the person who completed it”.

(5) In regulation 7 (Notification of movement)—

(a) in paragraph (2), for “Article 6.3 of the Commission Regulation”, substitute “Article 7.1 of the Council Regulation”;

(b) in paragraph (2)(a), for “sent to the Department on the day”, substitute “delivered to the Department within 7 days”; and

(c) in paragraph (3), for “the keeper who sent it”, substitute “the person who completed it”.

(6) After regulation 7 insert—

“Lost or stolen cattle

7A.— (1) Subject to regulation 9, if an animal is lost or stolen, the keeper shall send written notification of this to the Department within 7 days of becoming aware of the fact, together with written details of what has occurred, and failure to do so is an offence.”.

(7) In regulation 8 (Notification of death), in paragraph (1), omit the words “and Article 6.3 of the Commission Regulation”, and “in accordance with Article 6.4 of the Council Regulation”.

(8) In regulation 9 (Electronic notification of movement)—

(a) in the title, after “movement”, insert “and lost or stolen animals”;

(b) in paragraph (1), after “7”, insert “, or to report a lost or stolen animal in accordance with regulation 7A,”; and

(c) in paragraph (3)—

(i) after “movement of any”, insert “, or report any lost or stolen”;

(ii) omit the words “in relation to that movement”; and

(iii) for “regulation 7”, insert “regulations 7 or 7A as the case may be”.

(1)

S.R. 1999 No. 265; as amended by S.R. 2004 No. 420 and S.R. 2011 No. 349

(2)

O.J. L 163, 30.04.2004, p. 65-70