Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 871

The Cattle Identification Regulations 1998

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1998 No. 871

ANIMALS
ANIMAL HEALTH

The Cattle Identification Regulations 1998

	Made	19th March 1998
	Laid before Parliament	20th March 1998
	Coming into force	15th April 1998

ARRANGEMENT OF PROVISIONS

PART I
INTRODUCTION

1.	Title and commencement

2.	Interpretation and extent

PART II
EARTAGS

3.	Enforcement of Article 4 of the Council Regulation (eartags)

4.	Form of eartags

5.	Movement from a holding

6.	Replacement eartags

7.	Eartags missing at a slaughterhouse

8.	Intra-Community trade

9.	Imports from third countries

10.	Alteration and storage of eartags

11.	Transitional provisions relating to eartags

PART III
CATTLE PASSPORTS

12.	Application and interpretation

13.	Application for a cattle passport

14.	Movement of animals

15.	Movement of calves under 28 days without a cattle passport

16.	Imported cattle and cattle from Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands

17.	Cattle from another member State

18.	Completion of cattle passports when cattle are moved

19.

Markets

20.	Slaughterhouses and private kills

21.	Retention of cattle passports

22.	Lost cattle passports

23.	Change of eartag number

24.

Fees

25.	Movement of cattle outside Great Britain

26.	Animal deaths or lost or stolen animals

27.	Return of the cattle passport from slaughterhouses etc.

28.	Alterations

PART IV
RECORDS

29.

Records

PART V
GENERAL

30.	Powers of inspectors

31.	Powers to restrict movements

32.	Obstruction

33.	Offences by bodies corporate

34.

Penalties

35.	Enforcement

36.	Revocations and savings

Schedule 1

Logo for eartags

Schedule 2

Form of record of cattle movements

	Schedule 3	Revocations
	Explanatory Note