S.I. No. 104/1996 - European Communities (Registration of Bovine Animals) Regulations, 1996

1. The ear-tag number of the animal.

2. The date of birth of the animal.

3. The sex of the animal.

4. The breed of the animal.

5. The date of purchase, death or sale of the animal.

6. In the case of the sale of the animal, the name of purchaser or mart where sold.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 11th day of April, 1996.

Ivan Yates,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations implement Council Directive 92/102/EEC and Council Regulation (EEC) 3508/92 insofar as they relate to the registration and recording of bovine animals. The Regulations require herdowners to register the births of all bovine animals in their herds within a period of seven days from the date of identification. They also require all herdowners to keep registers of the cattle present in their herds.

7. A person shall not, in purported compliance with Regulations 3, 4 or 5, include in any form, book, document, register or record a particular which he knows to be false or does not know to be true or recklessly include in such a form, book, document, register or record a particular which is false or which he does not know to be true.

8. (1) A person who contravenes a provision of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under these Regulations shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both.

(3) Where an offence under these Regulations has been committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent or connivance of or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of a person, being a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate or a person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, that person, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against as if he were guilty of the first-mentioned offence.

9. An offence under these Regulations may be prosecuted by the Minister.

FIRST SCHEDULE

National Calf Birth Registration Form

Tag No.

Sex of calf

Male□

Female □

Date of Birth of Calf

|___|___|___|___|___|___|

(Please tick one box)

Day

Month

Year

Breed of Dam

*|__|__|___|

Dam Eartag No.

Breed of Sire

*|___|___|

A.I Code

*Select Breed code only from Official List

(If known)

Declaration of Owner of Herd where the calf was born

I hereby declare the details given by me in all sections of this Registration Form and on the Admistrative Document/Cattle Identity Card below to be true and accurate

Signature

_______________

Date

_____________________________

SECOND SCHEDULE

Breed

Code

Angus

AA

Belgian Blue

BB

Charolais

CH

Friesian

FR

Hereford

HR

Limousin

LM

Shorthorn

SH

Simmental

SL

Other beef breed

OB

Other dairy breed

OD

In the case of a cross-bred dam, the letter "X" must be inserted after the relevant breed code.

THIRD SCHEDULE

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.