The Cattle Identification (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/821 (W.)
• Sections: 8

Section 1 Title, application and commencement

The title of these Regulations is the Cattle Identification (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013; they apply in relation to Wales and come into force on 1 May 2013.

Section 2 Amendment of the Cattle Identification (Wales) Regulations 2007

The Cattle Identification (Wales) Regulations 2007 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 8.

Section 3 Amendment of the Cattle Identification (Wales) Regulations 2007

In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1) in the appropriate place in the alphabetical order insert—

“Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/98 ” (“ Rheoliad y Comisiwn (EC) Rhif 494/98 ”) means Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/98 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 as regards the application of minimum administrative sanctions in the framework of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals ;”.

Section 4 Amendment of the Cattle Identification (Wales) Regulations 2007

In regulation 10 (powers of inspectors), for paragraph (1)(c) substitute—

(c) Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/98 ;

Section 5 Amendment of the Cattle Identification (Wales) Regulations 2007

In regulation 12 (slaughter of unmarked animals), omit “the veterinary authority and”.

Section 6 Schedule 2 (registration of cattle)

In paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 2, after paragraph (a) insert—

(aa) using the Welsh Ministers' automated telephony service;

Section 7 Schedule 3 (cattle passports)

In paragraph 11 of Schedule 3, after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

(2A) But sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to the occupier of a slaughterhouse.

Section 8 Schedule 4 (notification of movement or death)

In Schedule 4—

(a) in paragraph 1(1), after paragraph (a) insert—

(aa) using the Welsh Ministers automated telephony service;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) for sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) substitute—

(1) When an animal is slaughtered at a slaughterhouse, the occupier of the slaughterhouse must notify the Welsh Ministers of the death within seven days—

(a) using the Welsh Ministers' interactive website;

(b) using the Welsh Ministers' automated telephony service;

(c) using software approved by the Welsh Ministers; or

(d) by completing the death details in the animal’s passport and returning it to the Welsh Ministers,

and must return the animal’s passport to the Welsh Ministers within seven days.

(2) If an animal is slaughtered outside a slaughterhouse but sent to a slaughterhouse for dressing, the keeper must complete the death details in the passport and send it with the animal to the slaughterhouse, and the occupier of the slaughterhouse must notify the death by returning the passport to the Welsh Ministers within seven days of the death of the animal.

(3) In any other case, when an animal dies or is killed the keeper must notify the Welsh Ministers of the death within seven days—

(a) using the Welsh Ministers interactive website;

(b) using the Welsh Ministers automated telephony service;

(c) using software approved by the Welsh Ministers; or

(d) by completing the death details in the animal’s passport and returning it to the Welsh Ministers,

and must return the animal’s passport to the Welsh Ministers within seven days.

(3A) But where an animal’s passport has been taken and retained by an inspector under regulation 10(3)(d), a requirement under this paragraph to return the passport to the Welsh Ministers does not apply for so long as the passport is so retained.

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (5).