These Regulations provide for the recognition of organisations which record the pedigree of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs and set out the requirements which govern these organisations in relation to the form and content of pedigree records, the form of zootechnical certificates, and methods of recording breeding performance and assessing genetic value for the acceptance of animals for breeding purposes. They apply in England only and, in relation to England, they revoke and replace the Zootechnical Standards Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2370).