The Sheep and Goats (Identification and Traceability) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008

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

2.—(1) The Sheep and Goats (Identification and Traceability) (Scotland) Regulations 2006(1) are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)–

(a) omit the definition of “the Council Directive”; and

(b) in the definition of “identification code”, for “previous United Kingdom Orders or Regulations or any provision giving effect to Council Directive 92/102/EEC(2) in another member State”, substitute “or previous United Kingdom Orders or Regulations”.

(3) In regulations 3(1)(b) (individual identification code) and 17(2)(d) (holding registers) for “previous United Kingdom Orders or Regulations or any provision giving effect to the Council Directive in another member State”, substitute “or previous United Kingdom Orders or Regulations”.

(4) For regulation 18(2)(a) (movement documents), substitute

“(a) be in the form set out in Schedule 2 or in a form substantially to the like effect;”.

(5) For regulation 30 (alteration of eartags etc), substitute–

“30.   No person shall alter, obliterate or deface the information on any eartag or tattoo applied to an animal under–

(a) the Council Regulation;

(b) these Regulations or any provision giving effect to the Council Regulation in England, Wales or Northern Ireland or another member State; or

(c) previous United Kingdom Orders or Regulations.”.

(1)

S.S.I. 2006/73, amended by S.S.I. 2006/594 and 2007/559.

(2)

O.J. No. L 355, 5.12.1992, p.32. The Directive was repealed by Council Directive 2008/71/EC on the identification and registration of pigs (O.J. No. L 213, 8.8.2008, p.31.).