PART I INTRODUCTION

1 Title and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 15th April 1998.

2 Interpretation and extent
1 In these Regulations—
“appropriate Minister” means, in relation to England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and in relation to Scotland or to Wales, the Secretary of State;
“calf passport” means a document in such form as may be approved by the appropriate Minister in accordance with Article 6.2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2629/97 (laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 as regards eartags, holding registers and passports in the framework of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals) for the purposes of moving calves under 28 days old;
“cattle” means bovine animals including the species bison bison and bubalus bubalis;
“cattle passport” means a document containing the information set out in Article 6.1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2629/97 issued by the appropriate Minister and includes a calf passport;
“cattle tagging Orders” means—
(a) the Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995;
S.I.1995/12 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
(b) the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990;
S.I.1990/1867 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
(c) the Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Order 1984; and
S.I.1984/1943 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
(d) the Tuberculosis (Scotland) Order 1984;
S.I.1984/2036 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 (establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products;
“holding” means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open-air farm, any place in Great Britain in which cattle are held, kept or handled;
“inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the appropriate Minister or a local authority;
“keeper” means any person responsible for animals, whether on a permanent or on a temporary basis, including during transportation or at a market;
“licensed slaughterhouse” means a slaughterhouse licensed under the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995;
“local authority” means—
(a) in any part of England where there is, within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994, a unitary authority for that local government area, that authority;
S.I.1994/867.
(b) in any part of England where there is not a unitary authority—
(i) in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;
(ii) in a non-metropolitan county, the council of that county;
(iii) in each London borough (except in relation to imported animals) the council of that borough; or
(iv) in the City of London, and for all London boroughs in relation to imported animals, the Common Council;
(c) in Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
1994 c. 39.
(d) in Wales, a county or county borough;
“official veterinary surgeon” means an official veterinary surgeon designated under regulation 8 of the Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995;
“valid”, in relation to a cattle passport, means a cattle passport which has been correctly completed and signed in the appropriate place by each keeper of the animal.
OJNo. L354, 30.12.97, p. 19.
OJNo. L117, 7.5.97, p. 1.
S.I.1995/539 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
2 These Regulations shall extend to Great Britain.
3 Any approval, licence or notice issued under these Regulations, the Council Regulation or Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2629/97 shall be in writing, may be made subject to conditions and may be amended or revoked by notice in writing at any time.