SCHEDULE 3Cattle passports

PART 2Movement using passports

Markets and animal gatherings14

1

The operator of a market or other animal gathering commits an offence if any cattle are accepted without a valid cattle passport (or, in the case of imported cattle, documentation permitting them to be moved).

2

In this and the following paragraph “animal gathering” means an occasion at which animals are brought together for one or more of the following purposes—

a

a sale, show or exhibition;

b

onward consignment; or

c

inspection to confirm the animals possess specific breed characteristics.