Amendment of the Sheep and Goats (Identification and Traceability) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

6.  In regulation 17 (holding registers)–

(a) at the end of sub paragraph (2)(f) delete “and”;

(b) after sub paragraph (2)(g) insert–

“(h) where two means of identification are applied to an animal in accordance with regulation 8 (identification of animals no longer intended for slaughter before the age of 12 months), the keeper must record in the register the full identification code on that means of identification and the flockmark or herdmark on the original eartag;

(i) where two replacement eartags are applied to animals in accordance with regulation 9(b), the keeper must record in the register the identification code of the replacement eartag and the existing identification on the original eartag;

(j) the keeper of an animal to which identification has been applied in accordance with regulation 11 (animals imported from third countries) must record in the register the flockmark or herdmark and the unique number of the individual identification code on that means of identification and the identification code on the identification tag applied in the third country;

(k) the keeper of an animal who has replaced an animal’s means of identification in accordance with regulation 13(1) must record that fact in the register;

(l) the keeper of an animal who has replaced that animal’s means of identification in accordance with regulation 14 must record in the register the flockmark or herdmark on the replacement means of identification together with that on the remaining means of identification;

(m) the keeper of an animal who has replaced that animal’s means of identification in accordance with regulation 15(1)(a) must record that fact in the register;

(n) the keeper of an animal who has replaced that animal’s means of identification in accordance with regulation 15(1)(b) must record in the register the new identification code on that means of identification, and the fact that the flockmark or herdmark on the original means of identification is unknown;

(o) the keeper of an animal who has replaced that animal’s means of identification in accordance with regulation 15(2)(a) must record that fact in the register; and

(p) the keeper of an animal who has replaced that animal’s means of identification in accordance with regulation 15(2)(b) must record the flockmark or herdmark on the replacement eartag and the fact that the flockmark or herdmark on the original eartag is unknown in the register.”; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (4)(b) for “6” substitute “3”.