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 10th January 1988 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 31st July 1988 which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark;

(d)

any sheep which was moved from any place in accordance with a consent given under the said section 2(1) on or before 2nd October 1988 which consent was subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a green mark; or

(e)

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;

(ii)

is moved from any place in accordance with such a consent given on or after 3rd October 1988 which consent is subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with a blue mark; or

(iii)

is moved from any place in accordance with such a consent given on or after 9th January 1989 which consent is subject to the condition that the sheep to which it applies should be marked with an apricot mark,

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