7Property identification code required if certain animals held in captivity

7 Property identification code required if certain animals held in captivity

7 Property identification code required if certain animals held in captivity

(1) The owner and the occupier (if that person is not the owner) of a property on which any of the following stock are held in captivity, and the owner and the person in charge (if that person is not the owner) of any of the following stock held in captivity on a property, must each ensure that the property has a property identification code—

(a) identifiable stock,

(b) camelids, deer or equines,

(c) small poultry (being chickens, turkeys, guinea fowl, ducks, geese, quails, pigeons, pheasants or partridges),

(d) large poultry (being emus or ostriches).

(2) Despite subclause (1), a person is not required to ensure that a property has a property identification code if—

(a) the only stock held in captivity on the property are—

(i) less than 100 small poultry, or

(ii) less than 10 large poultry, or

(b) the property is a veterinary practice at which stock do not stay overnight.

(c) (Repealed)

(3) A property that is required to have a property identification code under this clause but not under clause 6 is taken for the purposes of this Regulation to be a farm property.

cl 7: Am 2023 (47), Sch 3[2] [3].