Made | 30th March 2004 | ||
Coming into force | 31st March 2004 |
1. | Title, application and commencement |
2. | Interpretation |
3. | Licences, authorisations and approvals |
4. | Notification of holdings |
5. | Movement records |
6. | Slaughterhouse records |
7. | Sale records at an auction |
8. | Record of number of pigs on a holding |
9. | Records retention |
10. | Identification mark |
11. | Requirements for eartags |
12. | Slapmark |
13. | Additional marking |
14. | Identification of pigs over 12 months moved off a holding |
15. | Identification of pigs under 12 months moved off a holding |
16. | Identification of pigs moved on to a holding from outside the European Union |
17. | Additional identification requirements |
18. | Movement of pigs 12 months old or less to a slaughterhouse |
19. | Movements of pigs to shows, exhibitions and for breeding purposes |
20. | Movement of pigs for export |
21. | Movement of pigs |
22. | Walking licences for pet pigs |
23. | Approved holdings |
24. | Removal of an identification mark |
25. | Replacement of an identification mark |
26. | Production of documents and records |
27. | Enforcement |
28. | Revocations |
SCHEDULE | HOLDING MOVEMENT RECORD |
Licences, authorisations and approvals
3.
Any licence, authorisation or approval under this Order must be in writing, may be subject to conditions and may be suspended, amended or revoked in writing at any time.
(2) The National Assembly must issue an alpha numeric code for each herd of pigs on the holding (the "herdmark"), once the information in paragraph (1) has been provided.
(3) A keeper must notify the National Assembly of any change or addition to the information in paragraph (1) within one month of the change or addition.
(4) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a keeper who has already notified the National Assembly.
(5) Any notification required under this article must be in writing.
Movement records
5.
- (1) A keeper must record each movement of a pig on or off his or her holding within 36 hours of the movement.
(2) The record must be in the form set out in the Schedule.
(3) If the movement is for any purpose referred to in articles 19 or 20 the keeper must also record the unique individual identification number.
Slaughterhouse records
6.
- (1) An occupier of a slaughterhouse must, in addition to the requirements of article 5, record the details of any pig brought to the slaughterhouse that is not -
(2) The details to be recorded must be kept separately from the information required by article 5 and must include -
Sale records at an auction
7.
- (1) At a market where pigs are sold by auction the occupier of the market must, for each lot of pigs, record -
(2) The record must be made within 36 hours of the sale.
Record of number of pigs on a holding
8.
At least once a year the keeper must record the maximum number of pigs normally present on the holding.
Records retention
9.
- (1) Any person required by this Order to make records must keep them for at least 6 years from the end of the year in which the entry was made.
(2) Records may be in written or electronic form.
(2) For the purposes of articles 19 and 20 the herdmark in paragraph (1) must be followed by a unique individual identification number allotted to the pig by the keeper.
Requirements for eartags
11.
An eartag must be -
Slapmark
12.
A slapmark is a tattoo of the herdmark which is applied on each front shoulder area of the pig.
Additional marking
13.
Nothing in this Order prevents a keeper from marking the pig with any other information, or adding further information to the identification mark, provided that this marking does not affect the ability to read the identification mark or the slapmark.
Identification of pigs under 12 months moved off a holding
15.
- (1) No person may move a pig 12 months old or less off a holding unless it is identified in accordance with article 14 or with a temporary mark.
(2) A temporary mark must -
Identification of pigs moved on to a holding from outside the European Union
16.
- (1) Any person importing a pig from outside the European Union must apply an eartag or a tattoo to the pig containing the following information, in the following order -
(2) The eartag or tattoo must be applied to the pig within 30 days of its arrival at the holding of destination, and in any event, before it is moved from that holding.
(2) In this article, slaughter market means a market for the sale of pigs intended for immediate slaughter.
Movements of pigs to shows, exhibitions and for breeding purposes
19.
No person may move a pig off a holding -
unless it is marked with an identification mark that includes a unique individual identification number in accordance with article 10(2).
Movement of pigs for export
20.
- (1) No person may move a pig off a holding for the purposes of intra-Community trade or export unless it is marked with an identification mark that includes -
(2) Paragraph (1) applies whether the identification mark is an eartag or a tattoo.
(2) Any person transporting a pig must give the document referred to in paragraph (1) to the keeper at the holding of destination who must retain it for at least 6 months.
(3) The keeper at the holding of destination must, within 3 days of the arrival of a pig, send a copy of the document referred to in paragraph (1) to the local authority.
(4) The keeper of a pig being moved outside Wales must send a copy of the document referred to in paragraph (1) to the local authority for the consigning holding.
Walking licences for pet pigs
22.
- (1) A keeper of a pet pig may apply to the Secretary of State for a licence (a "walking licence") allowing the keeper to move the pig without complying with articles 5 and 21.
(2) The person moving the pig under this licence must carry a copy of it throughout the movement.
Approved holdings
23.
- (1) An approved holding is a holding that the National Assembly may approve for the purposes of movements of pigs intended for breeding or growing.
(2) The approval must specify which holdings pigs may be moved from and which holdings they may be moved on to.
(3) A movement of a pig between holdings approved under this article does not trigger the standstill period in the Disease Control (Wales) Order 2003[2].
(2) Any person replacing an identification mark must either -
Production of documents and records
26.
An inspector may require any record made under this Order to be produced on demand and a copy or printout of it to be made.
Enforcement
27.
- (1) This Order is to be enforced by the local authority.
(2) The National Assembly or the Secretary of State may direct, in relation to cases of a particular description or any particular case, that an enforcement duty imposed on a local authority under this Order is to be discharged by the National Assembly or the Secretary of State (as the case may be) and not by the local authority.
Revocations
28.
- (1) The following are revoked -
(2) The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995[6] is revoked in relation to Wales only.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales
D. Elis-Thomas
Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
30th March 2004
Ben Bradshaw
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
30th March 2004
Date of movement | Identification mark slapmark or temporary mark | Number of pigs | Holding from which moved | Holding to which moved |
Part 2 sets out record keeping requirements, including the requirement to keep movement records (article 5), sale records at an auction (article 7) and records of the number of pigs on a holding (article 8).
Part 3 defines identification marks (article 10) and slapmarks (article 12) and specifies the requirements for eartags (article 11). Part 6 regulates the movement of pigs (article 21) and pet pigs (article 22) and provides for the approval of holdings from which pigs may be moved without triggering the standstill period in the Disease Control (Wales) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1966 (W.211)) in the holding of destination (article 23).
Part 7 prohibits the removal and replacement of identification marks, except in certain circumstances (articles 24 and 25).
The Order is enforced by the local authority (article 27).
Breach of the Order is an offence under section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981, punishable in accordance with section 75 of that Act.
A Regulatory Appraisal has been prepared for this Order and placed in the library of the National Assembly. Copies can be obtained from the Animal Health Division, Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ.
[2] S.I. 2003/1966 (W.211).back
[3] S.I. 2002/2303 (W. 228).back
[5] S.I. 2003/2763 (W.268).back