Cattle Identification (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 219 of 2015)

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2015 No. 219 ANIMALS, ENGLAND ANIMAL HEALTH The Cattle Identification (Amendment) Regulations 2015 Made - - - - 12th February 2015 Laid before Parliament 13th February 2015 Coming into force - - 6th April 2015 The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(a) in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Union(b) and in relation to measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health(c). The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972. Title, application and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Cattle Identification (Amendment) Regulations 2015; they apply in England and come into force on 6th April 2015. Amendment of the Cattle Identification Regulations 2007 2.—(1) The Cattle Identification Regulations 2007(d) are amended as follows. (2) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 (records), for sub-paragraph (3) substitute— “(3) The register must contain— (a) the information set out in Article 8 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 911/2004 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards eartags, passports and holding registers(e) and, (b) in the case of animals born on the holding only, the ear tag number of the dam (in the case of embryo transfer, the surrogate dam and, if known, genetic dam) or, in the case of a dam born before 1st April 1995 that does not have an ear tag, a record of the identification mark of the dam.” (a) 1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7). (b) S.I. 1972/1811. (c) S.I. 1999/2027. (d) S.I. 2007/529 amended by S.I. 2007/1046, 2012/2897, 2013/517 and 2013/2952. (e) OJ No L 163, 30.4.2004, p. 65, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 519/2013 (OJ No L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 74). 2 £4.25 UK2015021230 02/2015 19585 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2015/219 George Eustice Parliamentary Under Secretary of State 12th February 2015 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Cattle Identification Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/529). Regulation 2 removes the requirement for keepers to record in their register the unique identification code of the dam of any animal brought onto the holding. A full impact assessment of the effect of this instrument on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Livestock and Equine Identification and Animal Movements team, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on http://www.legislation.gov.uk. © Crown copyright 2015 Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Queen’s Printer of Acts of Parliament.