3. In article 6, for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
“(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) on or before 21st December 1986 which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark;
(c)any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under the said section 2(1) on or before 26th July 1987 which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark; or
(d)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 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.”.