The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control of Vaccination) (Wales) Regulations 2006

Identification of vaccinated animalsE+W

19.—(1) The National Assembly must provide every person issued with a licence permitting suppressive or protective vaccination with sufficient eartags to affix an eartag to every animal which may be vaccinated under that licence.

(2) Each eartag must carry such information as the National Assembly considers necessary to identify the animal to which it is affixed as a vaccinated animal.

(3) Any person vaccinating an animal must—

(a)identify it immediately after vaccination by affixing an eartag;

(b)make a written vaccination record containing the following information—

(i)the date,

(ii)the place, and

(iii)a description of the animal;

(c)ensure that the National Assembly and the keeper of the animal receives a copy of that vaccination record; and

(d)retain that record for a period of six years.

(4) Records must be in a form approved by the National Assembly.

(5) Every person provided with eartags under this regulation must return unused eartags to the National Assembly on demand and without delay.