Cattle Identification (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (W.S.I. No. 821 (W. 97) of 2013). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Wales Document type Regulation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Animal health Traceability/product tracing Offences/penalties Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations amend the Cattle Identification (Wales) Regulations 2007: in regulations 2 and 4to update references to EU legislation; in regulation 12 (slaughter of unmarked animals) to clarify the role of the competent authority in relation to unidentified animals; in Schedule 2 to add a new automated telephony system to the list of methods by which keepers may register animals with the Welsh Ministers; in Schedule 3 to remove the need for the occupiers of slaughterhouses to enter certain details into the passports of animals they have slaughtered; and in Schedule 4 to allow keepers to report animal movements by using the new automated telephony system as a method of notification and also to report animal deaths using electronic methods as well as paper. An animal's passport must be returned to the Welsh Ministers within seven days of the death unless it has been retained by an inspector. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Amends Cattle Identification (Wales) Regulations 2007 (W.S.I. No. 842 (W. 74) of 2007). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2007 Keyword: Animal health, Pests/diseases, Marking/identification, Animal production, Registration, Cattle Source: FAO, FAOLEX