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This Order may be cited as the Marking of Animals Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 19th January 1996.
2 
In this Order “animal” means an animal of the bovine, caprine, ovine or porcine species.
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(1) An inspector or other authorised officer of the Department may freeze brand, paint, stamp or clip any mark on to, or apply or cause to be applied an ear tag or any other means of identification to, an animal.
(2) A person shall not alter, remove, obliterate, deface or duplicate or cause or permit the alteration, removal, obliteration, defacing or duplication of any such mark, ear tag or other means of identification, except with the written permission of the Department.
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Article 19 of the Tuberculosis Control Order (Northern Ireland) 1964 is hereby revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture on
P. T. Toal
Assistant Secretary
10th January 1996.