PART 3Identification tags

Approval of identification tags

11.  The Welsh Ministers must approve eartags for the purposes of this Order.

Additional tags and tags with additional information

12.—(1) At the request of a keeper, a manufacturer of identification tags may add supplementary information to an identification tag or replacement tag provided that—

(a)the supplementary information is distinct from the identification code; and

(b)the identification code remains legible and clearly distinguishable at all times.

(2) A keeper may apply an additional tag to an animal but it must not contain the letters “UK” or bear a flockmark or herdmark, unless authorised by the Welsh Ministers.

Red eartags

13.  No person may attach a red eartag to any animal, other than a replacement tag.