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You must register where you keep livestock, including those kept as pets. This is so that the government can trace the animals to prevent and control disease.

If you plan to keep livestock on someone elses land, or in their buildings, temporarily, you must get either a:

• temporary land association (TLA)
• temporary county parish holding (tCPH) number

You must also get a TLA or tCPH number if you have a 7000 series landless keeper CPH number. You may have this type of CPH number if you do not own the land where you keep livestock.

You do not need a TLA or tCPH number if you have a 7000 series landless keeper CPH number and you only keep poultry. Find out about registration rules for poultry and other captive birds.

Before you start

To apply for a TLA or tCPH number, you must have?a county parish holding (CPH) number for land in England.

If your main holding is in Wales, log into Rural Payments Wales (RPW) Online instead.

You must also register with the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to?get a flock or herd mark.

When you cannot apply for a TLA or tCPH number

You cannot apply for a TLA or tCPH number if your livestock will mix with someone elses. Youll both need to report livestock movements and record them in your holding registers.

You also cannot get a TLA or tCPH number for common land.

When to get a TLA

A TLA is for land or buildings that:

• are within 10 miles of the main area you keep livestock
• you do not own
• are in England or Wales
• are in the same bovine TB risk area as your CPH number

You must also be the only person who keeps livestock on the land or in the building.

If you have a piece of land that is in both England and Scotland, you cannot get a TLA for any part of that land.

Apply for a tCPH number instead if:

• you want to register, and will operate, your temporary holding separately from your existing CPH number
• the land you wish to use is in a different TB risk area from your CPH number - find a map of bovine TB risk areas on TB hub

What you must do when you have a TLA

A TLA associates the land or building youre using temporarily to your existing CPH number.

This means you can treat the land or building as part of the CPH number its associated with.

You do not need to:

• record or report livestock movements between the TLA land or building and the rest of yourCPH number
• follow the standstill rule if youre moving livestock between the TLA land or building and the rest of your CPH number

You must still:

• follow the standstill rule if youre moving livestock from the TLA land or building to a differentCPH number
• report any livestock movements to the TLA land or building from a differentCPHnumber

Use your CPH number to report the movements. You must also record the movements in your holding register. Find out more about reporting and recording:

• cattle movements
• sheep and goat movements
• pig movements
• deer movements

Your TLA land or building will be treated as part of your CPHnumber for disease testing and restrictions.

ATLAwill share a flock or herd mark with your CPH number. This means that you:

• do not need to order different identification tags for livestock kept on aTLA
• must use yourCPHnumber when you order new or replacement tags

When to get a tCPH number

A tCPH number is for land and buildings:

• more than 10 miles from the main area you keep livestock
• in England or Wales
• that you do not own
• that are not in more than one CPHnumber
• that are all rented from the same landowner (if its a group of fields or buildings)

It can be used for land and buildings within 10 miles if:

• you want to register, and will operate, your holdings separately
• the land you wish to use is in a different TB risk area from your CPH number

You must also be the only person who keeps livestock on the land or in the building.

What you must do when you have a tCPH number

You must treat the land included in your tCPH number as separateto the land included in any otherCPHnumber you hold. This means that you must:

• keep a separate holding register
• keep livestock reported as being on yourtCPHnumber separate from those reported as being on any otherCPH number
• record and report livestock movements between yourtCPHnumber and any otherCPH number
• follow the standstill rule when you move livestock
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