2

Paragraph (1) above shall not apply in the case of—

a

any sheep which was moved to a market in accordance with a consent given under section 2(1) of the Act which consent did not require that the sheep to which it applies should be marked in a manner specified therein;

b

any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under the said section 2(1) which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark; or

c

any sheep which—

i

was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under the said section 2(1) which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a red mark, with an apricot mark or with a green mark; and

ii

has been examined and marked with an ear-tag by a person authorised in that behalf by one of the Ministers.