Alteration and storage of eartags
10.—(1) No person shall alter, obliterate or deface the information on an eartag approved under Article 4.1 of the Council Regulation or on an eartag attached under the cattle tagging Orders, and any person who does so shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person who has in his possession unused eartags issued for the purposes of these Regulations shall keep them in a secure place, and failure to do so shall be an offence.