Statutory Instruments of the Scottish Parliament

"cattle passport" (except in paragraphs 2(1)(b), 17 and 19 of Schedule 3) means–

(a) that person's name and address; and

(b) the address of the holding on which the animal or animals are kept.

    (2) Any change to the information provided in accordance paragraph (1) shall be notified to the Scottish Ministers by the keeper within one month of the change.

(a) collect, pen and inspect any animal, and require the keeper to arrange for its collection, penning and securing;

(b) take samples;

(c) require production of and examine any records in whatever form, and take copies of those records;

(d) remove and retain any records or documents relating to these Regulations;

(e) have access to, and inspect and check the operation of, any computer and any associated apparatus or material that is or has been used in connection with any records mentioned in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d), and require any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of, the computer, apparatus or material to afford such assistance as the inspector may reasonably require;

(f) require, where records are kept by means of a computer, those records to be produced in a form in which they may be taken away;

(g) require production of any unused ear tags and record their numbers;

(h) remove and retain any unused ear tags;

(i) mark any animal or other thing for identification purposes; and

(j) be accompanied by–


(i) any representative of the European Commission acting for the purpose of the Community legislation; or

(ii) any other person the inspector considers to be necessary.

(a) in the case of a dairy animal–


(i) within 36 hours of birth for the first tag; and

(ii) within 20 days of birth for the second tag;



(b) in the case of bison, within 9 months of birth or when the animal is separated from its mother, whichever is sooner, in accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 509/199; and

(c) in the case of any other animal, within 20 days of birth.

    (3) The identification code for the purposes of Article 1(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004 shall be the following information in the following order–

(a) the letters "UK"; and

(b) the number allocated by the Scottish Ministers that is unique to an animal in a herd and contains 12 digits.

Animals imported from third countries
     2. —(1) Any keeper of an animal from a third country shall apply ear tags to that animal in accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000.

    (2) Sub paragraph (1) does not apply where the holding of destination of the animal is a slaughterhouse and the requirements of indent 2 of Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 are met.

    (3) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Animals kept for cultural or historical purposes
     3. —(1) Any keeper who keeps animals for cultural or historical purposes may apply to the Scottish Ministers to have the holding on which the animals are kept registered for those purposes in accordance with Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 644/2005.

    (2) If the Scottish Ministers approve a holding for those purposes the derogations in Article 2 of said Regulation apply provided that the animals are identified by means of an electronic identifier contained in a ruminal bolus.

Movement of animals
     4. —(1) Subject to sub paragraph (3), any person who fails to comply with the prohibition on movement in the third indent of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 is guilty of an offence.

    (2) Subject to sub paragraph (3), any person who moves from a holding an animal not bearing a means of identification that should have been applied in accordance with previous cattle tagging legislation is guilty of an offence.

    (3) An officer of the Scottish Ministers or an inspector may issue a licence allowing an animal not bearing a means of identification applied in accordance with these Regulations or previous cattle tagging legislation to be moved from a holding to a specified holding.

Replacement ear tags
     5. —(1) In accordance with Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 no ear tag may be removed or replaced without the permission of the Scottish Ministers.

    (2) The keeper of any animal born on or after 1st January 1998 whose ear tag has been removed or lost or become illegible shall within 28 days of ascertaining that fact apply to the animal a replacement ear tag bearing the same identification code as the ear tag that is to be replaced and–

(a) where the ear tag that is to be replaced is a primary tag, the replacement ear tag shall be a primary tag; and

(b) where the ear tag that is to be replaced is a secondary tag, the replacement ear tag may be a primary tag or a secondary tag.

    (3) In the case of an animal born before 1st January 1998 whose ear tag has been removed or lost or become illegible–

(a) the keeper shall within 28 days of ascertaining that fact apply to the animal–


(i) a single ear tag; or

(ii) 2 ear tags applied as if in accordance with paragraph 1 and Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000;



(b) the identification code on any replacement ear tag shall be–



(i) the same as the identification code on the ear tag to be replaced; or

(ii) a new identification code meeting the requirements of paragraph 1(3); and



(c) if a different identification code is applied under sub paragraph (3)(b)(ii) the keeper shall within 14 days of the replacement ear tag being applied or before the animal is moved off the holding, whichever is the sooner–



(i) notify the Scottish Ministers of the new identification code; and

(ii) send to the Scottish Ministers the identification document for the animal.

    (4) This paragraph applies to replacement of ear tags applied under these Regulations, previous cattle tagging legislation or any provision giving effect to Regulation (EC) No. 820/1997 or Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 in England and Wales, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland or another member State.

    (5) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Approved ear tags
     6. —(1) Any person who applies an ear tag under Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 or Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004 other than an ear tag approved by the Scottish Ministers is guilty of an offence.

    (2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the Scottish Ministers shall only approve ear tags that comply with Articles 1 to 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004 and bear the logo specified in paragraph 12.

    (3) In accordance with Article 4(1) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004, the Scottish Ministers may approve ear tags of a different material or model than that specified in Articles 2 and 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004 for the second of the 2 ear tags to be applied to an animal.

Supplementary information
     7. In accordance with Article 1(3) of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004, at the request of a keeper a manufacturer of approved ear tags may add a bar code to an ear tag.

Intra-Community trade
     8. —(1) No person shall consign an animal for intra-Community trade unless it bears 2 ear tags applied as if in accordance with paragraph 1 and Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000.

    (2) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Storage of ear tags
     9. —(1) Any person who has possession of unused ear tags issued for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 and these Regulations shall keep them in a secure place.

    (2) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Application of ear tags to other animals
     10. It is an offence to apply to an animal an ear tag with an identification code that has previously been used to identify a different animal.

Alteration of ear tags
     11. It is an offence to alter, obliterate or deface the information on any ear tag applied to an animal under these Regulations, previous cattle tagging legislation or any provision giving effect to Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 or Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 in England and Wales, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland or another member State.

Logo for ear tags
     12. The logo for ear tags is

(a) the birth of an animal;

(b) the arrival of an animal from the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland or another member State;

(c) the arrival of an animal imported from a third country.

    (2) Notification in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) shall be made by means of an application for a cattle passport in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 3.

    (3) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Notification of movement
     2. —(1) In accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000, the keeper of an animal moved on to or off a holding shall notify the Scottish Ministers of that movement.

    (2) The period determined for the purposes of said Article 7(1) is 3 days from the date the animal is moved off the holding.

    (3) For the purpose of this paragraph, notification of movement shall be made in such form and manner as is from time to time approved by the Scottish Ministers.

    (4) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Notification of death
     3. —(1) When an animal is killed in a slaughterhouse, the occupier of the slaughterhouse shall notify the Scottish Ministers of its death in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 and notification shall be made in such form and manner as is from time to time approved by the Scottish Ministers.

    (2) If an animal is killed elsewhere than a slaughterhouse and its body is sent to a slaughterhouse for dressing–

(a) the keeper at the time it is killed shall enter the details of its death in the cattle passport and ensure that it accompanies the body of the animal to the slaughterhouse; and

(b) the occupier of the slaughterhouse shall notify the Scottish Ministers of the death of the animal in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 and notification shall be made in such form and manner as is from time to time approved by the Scottish Ministers.

    (3) In any other case when an animal dies the keeper shall notify the Scottish Ministers of its death in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 by entering the details in the identification document and sending it to the Scottish Ministers within 7 days of the death.

    (4) If no identification document is available for an animal that dies, the keeper shall within 7 days of its death notify the Scottish Ministers of the death in accordance with Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 by sending to them, in writing, details of the identification code on any ear tag attached to the animal, the date of death and the holding of death.

    (5) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

(a) in the case of bison, the birth of the animal;

(b) in the case of a dairy animal, the date the second ear tag is applied to the animal in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1; and

(c) in any other case, the date ear tags are applied to the animal in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1.

    (2) An application for a cattle passport for a bison shall be accompanied by notification of the identification code of the ear tag that will be attached to the animal.

Applications for cattle passports for animals from other member States etc.
     2. —(1) The keeper at the holding of destination of an animal from the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland or another member State, shall, within 15 days of its arrival at that holding send to the Scottish Ministers–

(a) an application for a cattle passport for the animal; and

(b) any cattle passport previously issued for the animal under Regulation (EC) No. 820/1997 or Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 in the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland or another member State.

    (2) Where an animal to which sub-paragraph (1) applies enters a market or showground on arrival in Scotland, the holding of destination is the holding to which the animal is moved from the market or showground.

    (3) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to an animal whose holding of destination is a slaughterhouse.

Applications for cattle passports for animals from third countries
     3. —(1) The keeper at the holding of destination of an animal from a third country shall apply for a cattle passport for the animal within 15 days of the date it is tagged in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000.

    (2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to an animal whose holding of destination is a slaughterhouse.

Method of application
     4. An application for a cattle passport shall be made in such form and manner as is from time to time approved by the Scottish Ministers.

Issue of cattle passports etc.
     5. —(1) On receipt of a properly completed application for a cattle passport submitted under paragraphs 1, 2 or 3 and made in accordance with paragraph 4 the Scottish Ministers shall issue a cattle passport.

    (2) The Scottish Ministers may issue a cattle passport when an application is submitted outwith the time limits specified in paragraphs 1 to 3 if they are satisfied that it would be reasonable to do so in all the circumstances of the case.

    (3) If the Scottish Ministers are not satisfied that a cattle passport should be issued they shall issue a notice of registration for the animal for which the application was submitted.

    (4) Any identification document issued by the Scottish Ministers remains the property of the Scottish Ministers at all times.

Retention of identification documents
     6. —(1) The keeper of any animal for which an identification document has been issued shall retain said document and produce it to an inspector on demand.

    (2) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Replacement cattle passports
     7. —(1) The keeper of any animal whose identification document (except a notice of registration) has been lost, stolen, destroyed or become illegible shall submit an application for a cattle passport to the Scottish Ministers within 14 days of becoming aware of that fact.

    (2) On receipt of an application submitted under sub-paragraph (1) and made in accordance with paragraph 4 the Scottish Ministers shall issue a cattle passport if they are satisfied that all movements of the animal since its birth or entry to Great Britain can be traced accurately.

    (3) If the Scottish Ministers are not satisfied that a cattle passport should be issued for an animal for which an application is submitted under sub-paragraph (1)–

(i) they shall issue a notice of registration for that animal; and

(ii) the animal shall not be moved off the holding except under the authority of a licence issued by the Scottish Ministers.

    (4) A keeper or person who has kept an animal for which a cattle passport has been issued under sub-paragraph (2) who subsequently recovers the original identification document shall within 7 days of recovering it send written notification of that fact to the Scottish Ministers and return the original identification document to them.

    (5) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Replacement notices of registration
     8. —(1) The keeper of an animal whose notice of registration has been lost, stolen, destroyed or become illegible shall submit an application for a notice of registration to the Scottish Ministers within 14 days of the date of becoming aware of that fact.

    (2) An application for a notice of registration shall be made in such form and manner as is from time to time approved by the Scottish Ministers.

    (3) On receipt of a properly completed application the Scottish Ministers shall issue a notice of registration.

Fees
     9. The Scottish Ministers may impose a reasonable fee for processing an application for a replacement cattle passport.

Missing animals
     10. —(1) If an animal for which an identification document has been issued is lost or stolen, the keeper shall within 7 days of becoming aware of that fact notify the Scottish Ministers of it and return the identification document to them.

    (2) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Surrender of identification documents
     11. —(1) An officer of the Scottish Ministers or a local authority inspector may serve a notice on a keeper requiring the surrender of an identification document or a movement card if that officer or inspector reasonably believes that the provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 or these Regulations have not been complied with.

    (2) Any person on whom a notice is served under sub-paragraph (1) who fails to comply with the notice is guilty of an offence.

Alterations
     12. It is an offence to alter any information in an identification document with intent to deceive or to deface an identification document.

Misusing an identification document
     13. It is an offence to use an identification document in relation to an animal other than the animal for which it was issued.

(a) enter the date of movement in and sign any cattle passport issued for that animal; and

(b) pass its identification document (except a notice of registration) to any person transporting the animal from the holding.

    (2) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Transporting animals
     15. —(1) No person shall knowingly transport an animal that is not accompanied by its identification document.

    (2) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Movement on to a holding
     16. —(1) Any person transporting an animal shall pass its identification document (except a notice of registration) to the keeper at the holding to which the animal is delivered.

    (2) The keeper taking possession of any animal that is accompanied by a cattle passport shall within 36 hours of the arrival of the animal on the holding–

(a) enter in the cattle passport–


(i) the date of movement on to the holding;

(ii) the holding number; and

(iii) the name and address of that keeper; and



(b) sign the cattle passport.

    (3) Any animal to which sub-paragraph (2) applies shall not be moved off the holding until the requirements of that sub-paragraph have been complied with.

    (4) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Animals from outside Great Britain
     17. —(1) If any animal arrives in Scotland from outside Great Britain it may be moved from its point of entry into Scotland to the holding at which its arrival must be notified to the Scottish Ministers in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 if it is accompanied by–

(a) a cattle passport issued for that animal under Regulation (EC) No. 820/1997 or Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 in another member State, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Northern Ireland; or

(b) a movement document.

    (2) The keeper at the holding referred to in sub-paragraph (1) shall within 36 hours of the arrival of the animal on the holding–

(a) enter in the cattle passport–


(i) the date of movement on to the holding;

(ii) the holding number; and

(iii) the name and address of that keeper; and



(b) sign the cattle passport.

    (3) Any animal to which this paragraph applies shall not be moved off the holding until the requirements of sub-paragraph (2) have been complied with.

    (4) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Export to third countries
     18. —(1) In accordance with Article 6(5) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000, the keeper of any animal that is exported to a third country shall send the cattle passport for that animal to the Scottish Ministers within 7 days of the departure of the animal from Scotland.

    (2) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Markets
     19. —(1) The operator of a market shall not allow an animal to enter the market unless it is accompanied by–

(a) an identification document;

(b) a cattle passport issued for that animal under Regulation (EC) No. 820/1997 or Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 in another member State, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or Northern Ireland; or

(c) a movement document.

    (2) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Animals with notices of registration
     20. —(1) No person shall move an animal for which a notice of registration has been issued from a holding except under the authority of a licence.

    (2) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Licences
     21. An officer of the Scottish Ministers or an inspector may issue a licence allowing an animal to be moved without an identification document if the officer or inspector is satisfied that it is necessary to move the animal.

(i) the information required under Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004;

(ii) the identification code of the dam; and

(iii) in the case of embryo transfer, the identification code of the surrogate dam and, if known, the genetic dam.

    (3) In the case of an animal born before 1st April 1995 that is not identified by means of an ear tag with an identification code, the register shall also contain a description of any means of identification applied under previous cattle tagging legislation.

    (4) The keeper shall complete the register at the following times–

(a) in the case of the movement of an animal on to or off a holding, within 36 hours of the movement;

(b) in the case of the birth of a dairy animal, within 7 days of the birth;

(c) in the case of the birth of an animal other than a dairy animal, within 30 days of the birth;

(d) in the case of the death of an animal, within 7 days of the death; and

(e) in the case of an ear tag being replaced with an ear tag with a different identification code, within 36 hours of the replacement ear tag being applied.

    (5) Failure to comply with this paragraph is an offence.

Provision of information
     2. Any person who fails to comply with a request for information in accordance with Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 is guilty of an offence.

Retention of records
     3. —(1) For the purposes of Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 the period determined by the Scottish Ministers for which a register must be available is–

(a) 10 years in the case of a farm; and

(b) 3 years in any other case.

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;

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 509/1999 concerning an extension of the maximum period laid down for the application of ear-tags to bison (Bison bison spp.);

Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97;

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 911/2004 implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards ear tags, passports and holding registers; and

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 644/2005 authorising a special identification system for bovine animals kept for cultural and historical purposes on approved premises as provided for in Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

They consolidate and revoke the following instruments, and their amending instruments–

(a) the Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995;

(b) the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998;

(c) the Cattle Database Regulations 1998; and

(d) the Cattle (Identification of Older Animals) Regulations 2000.

In addition to consolidating existing legislation they introduce changes, the principal of which are–

(a) an extension of the period within which bison must be tagged after birth;

(b) the creation of an offence of transferring ear tags between animals;

(c) changing the fee payable for replacement passports; and

(d) the use of temporary cattle passports is no longer allowed.

The regulations
Regulation 3 provides that the Scottish Ministers may enter agency agreements with other competent authorities.

Regulation 4 provides for notification by keepers.

Regulation 9 provides for the imposition of a charge for providing information from the Cattle Tracing System data base.

Regulations 10 and 11 identify the powers available to inspectors for the purposes of administration and enforcement. Regulation 12 provides for the slaughter of animals without identification.

Regulations 13 to 17 relate to obstruction, offences and enforcement by the local authority.

Schedule 1: ear tags
Paragraph 1 provides for the application of identification in the form of ear tags on the birth of an animal. Paragraph 2 provides for the application of ear tags to animals imported from outside the European Community. Paragraph 3 contains an exception for animals kept for cultural or historical purposes.

Paragraph 4 makes it an offence to move animals not bearing identification from a holding.

Paragraph 5 makes it an offence to remove or replace an eartag without permission and sets out rules for the application of replacement identification where the original has been removed or lost or become illegible.

Paragraph 6 relates to the approval of ear tags by the Scottish Ministers and paragraph 7 allows bar codes to be added.

Paragraphs 8 to 11 are offence provisions relating to the consignment of animals to another member State, the application of an animal's individual identification code to a different animal, alteration of information on ear tags and storage of ear tags.

Paragraph 12 identifies the logo for approved ear tags.

Schedule 2: notification
Paragraphs 1 to 3 provide for notification of the birth of an animal or its arrival in Scotland, notification of movement to or from a holding and notification of the death of an animal.

Schedule 3: cattle passports etc
Paragraphs 1 to 13 are general provisions relating to identification documents.

Paragraph 1 provides that keepers must apply for cattle passports on the birth of an animal and sets out time limits. Paragraphs 2 and 3 relate to applications for cattle passports for animals from other member States and animals from outside the European Community.

Paragraphs 4 to 6 relate to method of application, issue and retention of cattle passports.

Paragraphs 7 to 9 provide for the application for and issue of replacement identification documents.

Paragraph 10 relates to the surrender of identification documents for animals who are lost or stolen.

Paragraph 11 provides for surrender of identification documents in the event of failure to comply with the Community legislation or these Regulations.

Paragraphs 12 and 13 are offence provisions relating to alteration of information on identification documents and using an animal's identification document for a different animal.

Paragraphs 14 to 20 relate to the information to be entered on cattle passports when an animal is moved and to possession of identification documents.

Paragraphs 14 and 16 provide for what must be done when animals are moved off a holding and on to a holding. Paragraph 15 provides that no person shall transport an animal without a cattle passport.

Paragraphs 17 relates to imported animals, paragraph 18 relates to animals that are exported and paragraph 19 deals with animals in markets.

Paragraph 20 prohibits the movement of animals with notices of registration except under the authority of a licence.

Paragraph 21 provides for the issue of licences to allow animals without identification documents to be moved.

Schedule 4: records
Paragraph 1 provides that keepers of animals must keep registers and enter information for each animal relating to identification codes, birth, arrival from another holding, departure, death and identity of dam and that failure to comply is an offence.

Paragraphs 2 and 3 are offence provisions relating to provision of information at the request of the Scottish Ministers and retention of records.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument because it has no impact on the costs of business.