VETERINARY SERVICES ACT

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L.N. 325 of 2003

VETERINARY SERVICES ACT

(ACT NO. XXIII OF 2001)

(Entry in Flock-Books Criteria) Pure-Bred Breeding Sheep and Goats Regulations,

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 34(c) of the Veterinary Services Act, the

Minister for Rural Affairs and the Environment has made the following regulations:-

Title and scope

(1) The title of these regulations is the (Entry in Flock-Books Criteria) Pure-Bred

Breeding Sheep and Goats Regulations, 2003

(2) The scope of these regulations is to implement the provisions found under

European Union Commission Decision 90/255/EEC laying down the criteria governing

entry in flock-books for pure-bred breeding sheep and goats. This Decision finds its legal

basis under European Union Council Directive 89/361/EEC, article 4, second indent.

Qualifications for entry into the main section of the book

Conditions provided for in regulation 5 (d)

The male must belong to a hardy breed of sheep which is not normally intended for milk

production and to one of the following breeds –

Alacarrena

Lonk

Appenninica

Merina

Bergamasca

Merino Beira Baixa

Biellese

Merino Branco

Blackface

Montesina

Campanica

North Country Cheviot

Cheviot

Ojalada

Churra Algarvia

Resa Aragonesa

Churra de Terra Quente

Ripollesa

Dalesbred

Ronaldsay

Dartmoor

Rough Fell

Derbyshire Gritstone

Segurena

Exmoor Horn

Shetland

Eppynt Hill and Beulah Speckled

Soay

Face

Sopravissana

Galega Bragancana

St Kilda

Gallega

Swaledale

Gentile di Puglia

Talaverana

Gotland

Welsh Mountain

Hardwick

To qualify for entry in the main section of the book of its breed a pure-bred

breeding sheep or goat must -

(a) be descended from parents and grandparents entered in a flock-book of that

same breed;

(b) be identified after birth according to the rules of the book;

(c) have a pedigree established in accordance with the rules of the book.

Classification according to animals’ characteristics

The main section of the flock-book may be divided into several classes according

to the animals' characteristics. Only pure-bred breeding sheep and goats meeting the

criteria laid down in regulation 2 may be entered in one of the classes.

Non-conforming animals of the female species

(1) A breeders' organisation or association keeping a flock-book may decide that

a female which does not meet the criteria laid down in regulation 2 may be entered in a

schedule to the flock-book. The female must meet the following requirements –

(a) be identified after birth in accordance with the flock-book rules,

(b) be judged to conform to the breed standard,

(c) have minimum characteristics as laid down by the flock-book rules.

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(2) A female whose mother and maternal grandmother are entered in the Schedule

to the flock-book as provided for in subregulation (1) of this regulation and whose father

and two grandfathers are entered in the main section of the book in accordance with

regulation 2, is regarded as a pure-bred female and entered in the main section of the book,

as provided for in regulation 2.

(3) The requirements mentioned in the second and third indents of subregulation (1)

may be differentiated according to whether the female belongs to the breed but has no

known origin or was obtained from a crossing programme approved by the breeders'

organisations or associations.

Criteria laid down under regulation 2 not being kept – animals of the male species

A breeder's organisation or association keeping a flock-book may decide that a

male which does not meet the criteria laid down in regulation 2, may be entered in an

Schedule to the flock book. The male must meet the following requirements –

(a) be identified after birth in accordance with the flock-book rules;

(b) be judged to conform to the breed standard;

(c) have minimum characteristics as laid down by the flock-book rules;

(d) fulfil the conditions laid down in the Schedule hereto.

Classification entered into section of flock-book according to characteristics

Where a book contains several classes, a pure-bred breeding sheep or goat from

another flock-book of the same breed and having specific characteristics distinguishing it

from the population of the same breed in the flock-book of destination, shall be entered in

such section of the book whose characteristics it meets.

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