UK Offence Report

The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2011

UK Statutory Instrument 2011 No. 2154 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
29 August 2011
In force from
1 October 2011
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 2008/71/EEC on the identification and registration of pigs (OJ No L 213, 8.8.2008, p 31). It revokes and replaces the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/642). The principal change is that it requires pre-notification to a central, computerised database of most movements of pigs. The Order requires that a person keeping pigs on a holding must notify the Secretary of State (article 4) and requires a record to be kept (article 5 and the Schedule). Article 24 provides that an inspector is entitled to see these records and require copies. Articles 6 to 11 require pigs to be marked with ear tags or tattoos and specify what these identification marks must contain. Articles 12 to 20 deal with the procedures for notification of movements and the necessary documentation. Article 21 allows the Secretary of State to exempt some movements from the requirements of the Disease Control (England) Order 2003 (S.I.2003/1729). Articles 22 and 23 govern the removal and replacement of identification marks. The Order is enforced by the local authority (article 25). Article 26 provides for a review of this Order within a period of five years and every five years thereafter. 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 full impact assessment of the effects this instrument will have on the costs of the buisiness and voluntary sector and the public sector is published at www.defra.gov.uk/food-farm/animals/movements/pigs .

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