The Sheep and Goats Identification (Wales) Regulations 2000

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations —

• “collection centre” (“canolfan gasglu”) means any site, including holdings, at which animals originating from different holdings are grouped together to form consignments intended for despatch from that site;

• “flockmark” (“marc diadell”) means the flockmark allocated by the National Assembly pursuant to regulation 3;

• “herdmark” (“marc gyr”) means the herdmark allocated by the National Assembly pursuant to regulation 3;

• “holding” (“daliad”) means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open air farm, any place in which sheep or goats are held, kept or handled;

• “inspector” (“arolygydd”) means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the National Assembly or a local authority;

• “keeper” (“ceidwad”) means any person having care and control of sheep and goats, even on a temporary basis;

• “local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means in respect of a county or county borough, the council of that county or county borough;

• “National Assembly” (“Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;

• “relevant date” (“dyddiad perthnasol”) means 1 January 2001;

• “unique individual identification number”(“rhif adnabod unigol unigryw”) means a unique combination of the letters “UK” followed by the herdmark or flockmark of the holding of birth, followed by an individual identification number which has been created by the keeper;

• “veterinary treatment” (“triniaeth filfeddygol”) means any treatment or other procedure carried on by or under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon and includes castration.

(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation (with no corresponding reference to a specific instrument) is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations.

(3) These Regulations shall apply to live sheep and goats only.