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PURE-BRED BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS (ENTRY IN FLOCK-BOOKS CRITERIA) REGULATIONS *
Table of Provisions (8)
Statutory Text (8 Articles)
PURE-BRED BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS
(ENTRY IN FLOCK-BOOKS CRITERIA)
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 437.31
PURE-BRED BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS
(ENTRY IN FLOCK-BOOKS CRITERIA)
REGULATIONS *
31st October, 2003
LEGAL NOTICE 325 of 2003.
(1) The title of these regulations is the Pure-Bred Breeding
Sheep and Goats (Entry in Flock-Books Criteria) Regulations.
(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.
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 Face
Soay
Galega Bragancana
Sopravissana
Gallega Gentile di Puglia
St Kilda
Gotland
Swaledale
Hardwick
Talaverana
Welsh Mountain
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.
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.
(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.
(2) A female whose mother and maternal grandmother are
entered in the Schedule to the flock-book as provided for in
subregulation (1) 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.
*These Regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 11 of 2024.
PURE-BRED BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS
(ENTRY IN FLOCK-BOOKS CRITERIA)
(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.
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.
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.
PURE-BRED BREEDING SHEEP AND GOATS
(ENTRY IN FLOCK-BOOKS CRITERIA)