The Cattle Identification (Amendment) Regulations 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/219
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Title, application and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Cattle Identification (Amendment) Regulations 2015; they apply in England and come into force on 6th April 2015.

Section 2 Amendment of the Cattle Identification Regulations 2007

(1) The Cattle Identification Regulations 2007 are amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 (records), for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—

(3) The register must contain—

(a) the information set out in Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 911/2004 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards eartags, passports and holding registers and,

(b) in the case of animals born on the holding only, the ear tag number of the dam (in the case of embryo transfer, the surrogate dam and, if known, genetic dam) or, in the case of a dam born before 1st April 1995 that does not have an ear tag, a record of the identification mark of the dam.