The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2007

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which applies in England, continues to implement Council Directive 92/102/EEC on the identification and registration of animals (OJ No L 355, 5.12.92, p. 32). It revokes and replaces the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2003.

The principal change is that it clarifies that, subject to exceptions for pigs aged under one year, a pig moved from a holding other than a market must be marked with the herdmark of that holding (articles 7 and 8).

As before, the Order requires a person keeping pigs on a holding to notify the Secretary of State (article 4) and requires records to be kept (article 5 and the Schedule).

Articles 6 to 11 to require pigs to be marked with ear tags or tattoos, and specify what they have to contain, which varies in different circumstances.

Articles 12 to 14 to deal with documentation necessary when pigs are moved.

The Order is enforced by the local authority (article 18).

Breach of the Order is an offence under section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981, punishable in accordance with section 75 of that Act.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared for this Order and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. It is available, together with a transposition note, at http://defraweb/corporate/consult/pigidentify-amendleg/ria.pdf.