The Movement of Animals (Records) (Amendment) Order 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/1868
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Movement of Animals (Records) (Amendment) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 15th October 1990.

Section 2 Amendment

The Movement of Animals (Records) Order 1960 shall be amended by substituting for paragraph (2) of article 4 the following paragraph–

(2) Every record required to be made by a person under this Order shall be retained by him for–

(a) in the case of a record relating to a bovine animal, a period of 10 years;

(b) in the case of a record relating to a deer, a period of 3 years; or

(c) in the case of a record relating to any other animal, a period of 12 months

from the date of the completion of the movement or, as the case may be, of the sale of any deer to which such record relates.

Section 3 Transitional provisions

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Movement of Animals (Records) Order 1960 prior to the amendment contained in this Order, any entry made in a record in respect of a bovine animal required to be kept by a person by that Order shall, if made at any time within the period of 3 years ending immediately before the coming into force of this Order, be retained by him for a period of 10 years from the making of the entry and the provisions of paragraph (3) of article 4 of that Order, relating to the production, inspection and copying of entries, shall apply to that entry during that period of 10 years.