Amendment of the Sheep and Goats (Identification and Traceability) (Scotland) Regulations 20065

For paragraph (2) of regulation 12 (removal and replacement of means of identification) substitute–

2

Subject to regulation 22(1), where the means of identification of an animal has been removed or lost or become illegible, the keeper shall apply replacement identification to the animal in accordance with regulations 13 and 14 as soon as possible but, in any event–

a

before the animal is moved from the holding; and

b

no later than 28 days after the identification is ascertained to have been removed or lost or to have become illegible.