PART 5 Miscellaneous

Removing or defacing an identification mark

15.  No person may, unless authorised by the Welsh Ministers, remove or deface an ear tag or tattoo applied under this Order.

Replacement of an identification mark

16.—(1) No person may, unless authorised by the Welsh Ministers, replace an identification mark applied or attached under this Order unless it has—

(a) become illegible;

(b) been removed for welfare reasons; or

(c) been lost.

(2) Any person replacing an identification mark must either—

(a) apply an identical identification mark; or

(b) apply a new identification mark and cross-refer the new identification mark with the original identification mark in the record kept under article 5.

Production of documents and records

17.  An inspector may require any record made under this Order to be produced on demand and a copy or printout of it to be made.

Enforcement

18.—(1) This Order is enforced by the local authority.

(2) The Welsh Ministers may direct, in relation to cases of a particular description or any particular case, that they will enforce this Order instead of the local authority.

Revocations

19.  The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Wales) Order 2004(3) is revoked.

Article 5

SCHEDULE Holding Movement Record