S.L. 437.79 Art. 5Movement of animals.

(1) The Veterinary Services shall ensure that ovine and caprine animals for slaughter, breeding and fattening are not dispatched to another Member State, unless the animals:

(a) have been continuously resident on the holding of origin for at least thirty days, or since birth if the animals are younger than thirty days of age,

(b) do not come from a holding into which ovine or caprine animals have been introduced during the twenty-one days prior to dispatch,

(c) do not come from a holding into which biungulate animals imported from a third country have been introduced during the thirty days prior to dispatch.

(2) By way of derogation from sub-rule (1)(b) and (c), the Veterinary Services may authorise the dispatch of ovine and caprine animals to another Member State, if the animals referred to in sub-rule (1)(b) and (c) have been completely isolated from all other animals on the holding.