PART 1 Introduction

Title, application and commencement

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2008;

(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales and comes into force on 24 July 2008.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“herdmark” (“marc cenfaint”) has the meaning given in article 4(2);

“holding” (“daliad”) means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open air farm, any place in which pigs are held, kept or handled;

“keeper” (“ceidwad”) means any person having care and control of pigs, whether on a temporary or permanent basis, but does not include a person who only transports pigs.

Notifications, etc

3.  Any notification, licence, authorisation or approval under this Order must be in writing, may be subject to conditions and may be suspended, amended or revoked in writing at any time.

PART 2 Records

Notification of holdings

4.—(1) An occupier of a holding who begins to keep pigs on that holding, and any person who takes over the occupation of a holding where pigs are kept, must within notify the Welsh Ministers within one month of—

(a) his or her name and address; and

(b) the address of the holding.

(2) When the Welsh Ministers receive notification under paragraph (1) they must issue an alpha-numeric code for each herd of pigs on the holding (the “herdmark”).

(3) The occupier must notify the Welsh Ministers of any change to the information in paragraph (1) within one month of the change.

Records

5.—(1) Within 36 hours of the movement of a pig on or off a holding, the keeper must complete the form in the Schedule.

(2) At least once a year the keeper must record the maximum number of pigs normally kept on the holding.

(3) The keeper must keep the records for at least 6 years.