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This Order may be cited as the Animals (Records) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2001.
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(1) The Animals (Records) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 shall be amended as provided in paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) After Article 4(3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
(3A) Without prejudice to paragraphs (2) and (3), the owner or person in charge of sheep shall record, on or before 31st January in each year, the particulars specified in columns G to L of the form set out in Schedule 3 in respect of sheep owned by him or in his charge on 1st January of that year.”.
(3) In both Article 5(1) and Article 6 after “4(1), (2)” there shall be inserted, “, (3A)”.
(4) For Schedule 3 (flock record for sheep) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to this Order.
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Any entry made in a record in respect of sheep required to be kept by a person by the Animals (Records) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997 as it had effect on 31st December 2000, shall, if made on or before 31st December 2000, be retained by him for a period of 3 years after the making of the last entry in the record and the provisions of Article 7(4) of that Order relating to the production, inspection and taking of extracts shall apply to that entry until the expiration of that period of 3 years.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 14th November 2000.
R. S. Johnston
A senior Officer of the
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

SCHEDULE
Article 2(4)
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SCHEDULE 3
Article 4(2) and (3A)


Flock record for calendar year commencing 1st January  Breeding Stock  
A B C D E F G H I J K L
Date Purchased/ sold Dead/born Lost/found Transferred/ Disposed of No. of sheep Breed & category of sheep (ewe, ewe lamb, ram etc.) Identification marks (eg. tag, tattoo) Comments Including cause of death, name & address of buyer/seller, market/slaughterhouse and market lot no. (if applicable) Lambs Ewe Lambs Ewes Total H + I Rams Wethers Others Overall Total G+J+K
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