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Apply online for a CPH number for land or buildings you'll use to keep livestock, including those kept as pets, in England.
How to get a flock or herd mark for livestock (including those kept as pets) and keep your registered details up to date.
Get a breed code to register a cattle, bison or buffalo birth.
How to apply for, correct or replace a cattle passport and what to do if you miss the application deadline or it has not arrived.
Use this service to apply for a temporary land association (TLA) or temporary county parish holding (tCPH) number. This is needed when you temporarily keep livestock on someone else's land.
What cattle keepers must record and report when they move cattle, bison or buffalo and the deadlines.
What livestock keepers must do when they intend to use someone else's land or buildings temporarily.
Who to contact if you keep livestock (including as pets) when your registered details change.
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 a cattle movement is, what you need to do before you move cattle, and when you must not move cattle.
Cattle keepers must tag a newborn calf, add its details to their holding register and register its birth within legal deadlines.
What cattle keepers must do with the barcode labels sent by the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) and how to get more if you run out.
Use this licence to move live animals from a bluetongue restricted zone to Scotland.
How to order official cattle ear tags, what to do if your animal is untagged, its tags have been damaged or it has been tagged incorrectly.
Field Officers may visit your holding to check that you’re following the rules for cattle, bison and buffalo identification and record keeping.
The rules to follow when moving animals within a restricted zone, including to markets, shows and slaughterhouses.
Cattle owners and keepers must follow the conditions of this licence when they move their animals.
Farm software companies that have successfully passed testing for the Cattle Tracing Service (CTS) Web Services.
Apply for a specific licence for any movement in a bluetongue zone not covered by a general licence.
You must get a movement licence for animals that have been refused a passport, animals born before 1 August 1996 and unregistered calves.
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