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What a movement is, who needs to report moves, and how to prepare to move sheep and goats.
What you must record in a holding register (also called a flock or herd record), when to update it and what to use.
How to report and record pig movements and when to follow the standstill rule.
What a cattle movement is, what you need to do before you move cattle, and when you must not move cattle.
What you must record in your holding register (also known as a herd register or farm records), when you must do this and what you can use for your records.
What to include in a holding register, including how to record pig movements and taking an annual inventory.
Apply online for a CPH number for land or buildings you'll use to keep livestock, including those kept as pets, in England.
What livestock keepers must do when they temporarily use extra land or buildings and their livestock will not mix with someone else’s livestock.
How to unload, handle and hold animals at sites where animals not for human consumption are killed, and how the site must be designed.
Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Judge Thomas Scott and Judge Ashley Greenbank on 29 April 2024
Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
What happens when Rural Payments Agency field officers visit your holding, including checks on tagging, holding registers and movement records.
Cattle keepers must report the death of any cattle to the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS), return the cattle passport and record it on their holding register.
Rules for feeding, watering, prioritising, holding animals for slaughter, and the design and layout of a slaughterhouse.
Use this form to apply for an additional county parish holding (CPH) number if you will operate your holdings separately.
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