PART 2Application of identification
Identification applied on or after 31st December 2009I15
1
The keeper of—
a
an animal born on or after 31st December 2009; or
b
an animal born before 31st December 2009 which does not bear a means of identification applied under any of the previous United Kingdom Orders or Regulations,
must comply with Article 4(1) (first paragraph) and (2)(a) and (b) and Article 9(3) of the Council Regulation and this article unless the alternative identification method set out in article 6 is used.
2
No animal may be identified by the use of a bolus in combination with a tattoo.
3
The period determined for the purposes of Article 4(1) of the Council Regulation is—
a
9 months from its date of birth, in the case of an animal kept in extensive or free range farming conditions; or
b
6 months from its date of birth, in the case of any other animal.
4
The individual identification code for the purposes of Section A.2 of the Annex is the following information in the following order—
a
the letters “UK”, or, on an electronic identification device, the number “0826”; and
b
a 12 digit number approved by the Scottish Ministers,
which must be identical on the first and second means of identification.