art 3 Notification of holdings where sheep or goats are kept
(1) Any person who keeps any sheep or goats on a holding must, within one month of the relevant date or, as the case may be, within one month after he or she begins to keep the sheep or goats after the relevant date, notify the National Assembly in writing— (a) of the address of the holding; (b) of the name and address of the occupier of the holding; and (c) whether sheep or goats or both are usually kept on the holding. (2) The keeper must notify the National Assembly in writing of any change in the particulars specified in paragraph (1) within one month of such change. (3) On receiving notification under this regulation the National Assembly must, subject to paragraph (4), allocate in respect of the holding a flockmark in the case of sheep or a herdmark in the case of goats. (4) Where the holding is a slaughterhouse or market, the National Assembly shall allocate a flockmark or herdmark only where it deems it appropriate to do so. (5) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in respect of a holding where before the relevant date the particulars set out in paragraph (1)(a) to (c) were notified in accordance with regulation 3 of the Sheep and Goats Identification and Movement (Interim Measures) Wales Regulations 2002 .