European Communities (Registration of Bovine Animals) Regulations, 1996

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 1996
• Citation: IR SI 104/1996

S.I. No. 104 of 1996.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (REGISTRATION OF BOVINE ANIMALS) REGULATIONS, 1996

I, Ivan Yates, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Council Directive No. 92/102/EEC (1) of 27 November 1992 and Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3508/92 (2) of 27 November 1992, as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3235/94 (3) of 20 December 1994, insofar as they relate to the registration and recording of bovine animals, hereby make the following Regulations:

(1) O.J. No. L355 of 5.12.1992, p. 32.

(2) O.J. No. L355 of 5.12.1992, p. 1.

(3) O.J. No. L338 of 28.12.1994, p. 16. 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Registration of Bovine Animals) Regulations, 1996.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 15th day of April, 1996. 2. (1) In these Regulations—

"the 1989 Order" means the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1989 ( S.I. No. 308 of 1989 );

"the 1996 Order" means the Bovine Tuberculosis (Attestation of the State and General Provisions) Order, 1996 ( S.I. No. 103 of 1996 );

"the Act" means the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966);

"animal" means a bovine animal;

"approved ear-tag" has the meaning assigned to it by the 1989 Order;

"authorised person" means—

(i) a person who stands appointed for the time being under Regulation 6, or

(ii) an authorised person or inspector within the meaning of the Act, including any person authorised to exercise the powers of an authorised person under section 25, paragraph (3), of the Act;

"the Council Directive" means Council Directive No. 92/102/EEC of 27 November 1992;

"the Council Regulation" means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3508/92 of 27 November 1992, as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3235/94 of 20 December 1994;

"herd'" has the meaning assigned to it by the 1989 Order;

"herdowner" has the meaning assigned to it by the 1989 Order;

"the Minister" means the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry;

"vehicle" means any form of road transport conveyance used for the movement of animals and includes a trailer.

(2) A word or expression that is used in these Regulations and is also used in the Council Directive or the Council Regulation has, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning in these Regulations that it has in the Council Directive or the Council Regulation.

(3) In these Regulations—

( a ) a reference to a Regulation is to a Regulation of these Regulations, unless it appears that reference to some other enactment is intended;

( b ) a reference to a paragraph is to the paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs, unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended;

( c ) a reference to a Schedule is to a Schedule to these Regulations. 3. (1) Any herd-owner to whom ear-tags have been issued for the purposes of the identification of animals under the 1996 Order shall, within seven days from the date on which an animal is identified by the attachment of ear-tags pursuant to that Order or, in any event, before it is moved from the holding—

( a ) state in writing on the form specified in the First Schedule issued in accordance with paragraph (2) which bears in the box entitled "Tag No." the country code, herd identifier and individual number borne by the ear-tags attached by the herd-owner to the animal concerned pursuant to the 1996 Order-

(i) the sex of the animal,

(ii) the date of birth of the animal,

(iii) the breed code of the dam of the animal in accordance with the list of breed codes set out in the Second Schedule,

(iv) the ear-tag number on the approved ear-tag attached to the dam for the purposes of the 1989 Order or, as the case may be, on the ear-tags attached to the dam in accordance with the 1996 Order, and

(v) the breed code of the sire of the animal in accordance with the list set out in the Second Schedule;

( b ) sign the form at the place indicated therefor and enter the date on which the form is completed; and

( c ) return the form by post to the Minister at the address indicated thereon.

(2) The Minister may, for the purposes of these Regulations, the Council Directive and the Council Regulation, issue or cause to be issued to herd-owners forms in the format specified in the First Schedule for the purposes of registration of the birth of...