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The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2007 (revoked)

UK Statutory Instrument 2007 No. 642 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
21 February 2007
In force from
6 April 2007
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Dogs, animals, hunting and wildlife
Made under
Animal Health Act 1981

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order, which applies in England, continues to implement Council Directive 92/102/EEC on the identification and registration of animals (OJ No L 355, 5.12.92, p. 32). It revokes and replaces the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2003. The principal change is that it clarifies that, subject to exceptions for pigs aged under one year, a pig moved from a holding other than a market must be marked with the herdmark of that holding (articles 7 and 8). As before, the Order requires a person keeping pigs on a holding to notify the Secretary of State (article 4) and requires records to be kept (article 5 and the Schedule). Articles 6 to 11 to require pigs to be marked with ear tags or tattoos, and specify what they have to contain, which varies in different circumstances. Articles 12 to 14 to deal with documentation necessary when pigs are moved. The Order is enforced by the local authority (article 18). Breach of the Order is an offence under section 73 of the Animal Health Act 1981, punishable in accordance with section 75 of that Act. A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared for this Order and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. It is available, together with a transposition note, at http://defraweb/corporate/consult/pigidentify-amendleg/ria.pdf.

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