Cattle Identification (Notification of Births, Deaths and Movements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 1999 No. 265 — creates 5 criminal offences.
- Made
- 9 June 1999
- In force from
- 26 July 1999
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Dogs, animals, hunting and wildlife
- Made under
- European Communities Act 1972
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations.) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
These Regulations enforce the second indent of Article 7.1 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97 relating to notifying birth, movement and death of cattle to a central database. It is an offence to fail to notify in accordance with that provision and in accordance with these Regulations. The Regulations specify how notification must be made, and provide that all parties concerned shall have access to information held on the database. Certain charges are imposed to recover the cost of running the computerised database. The Regulations contain provisions concerning powers of entry and other powers of inspectors. Breach of regulation 13(1)(a) or (b) (obstruction) is punishable by a fine of level 5 on the standard scale or up to three months imprisonment for obstruction. For other offences the penalty is— on summary conviction, a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or both; on conviction on indictment, a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
Offences created by this instrument
- Powers to restrict movements regulation 12(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Obstruction regulation 13(1) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Any person who fails to comply with the requirement to notify the birth, movement or death of any animal in accordance… regulation 5(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Any person who knowingly or recklessly provides information which he knows or believes to be false in any notification… regulation 5(2) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
- Notification of cattle movement regulation 7(5) · Status not determined · Strict liability
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