Rules and Regulations

1. Every owner of a Registered Flock shall, before the 1st day of December in each year, upon the Society's official form for recording in the Flock Book, make a return of his/her Registered Flock, with a note of the sires being used. This return must be in the hands of the Secretary by the 31st of December.
   Entries received after this date will be liable to pay double the registration fees.

2. Every sire used in a Registered Flock must be individually registered and entered in the Flock Book. All rams to be registered by the breeder prior to sale or when used.
   Registration Fee: All Rams …………£6 per ram (£1 discount online)

3. All replenishments of ewe stocks must be from Registered Flocks and the lambs, gimmers or ewes so replenishing the flock must have been tagged before leaving their breeder's possession.

4. On acceptance for registration, each flock shall be given a flock number which shall be retained by that flock for as long as it is a Registered Flock.

5. Every owner of a registered flock must ensure all stock are tagged and identified according to ministry guidelines and a record maintained to identify the flock of origin and year of birth for each individual.

6. Breeders of ram lambs must keep a private register showing the sire of each ram lamb and the flock number of the dam.

7. This register must be retained and be available for inspection at any time by the Secretary of the Society or other person authorised by the Council.

8. The Council of the Society reserves the right of, at any time, ordering the inspection of any flock or sheep belonging to any member of the Society. The issue of Export Registration Certificates shall be conditional on the inspection and approval by the Council, or a duly appointed panel acting in their name, of all sheep for export.

9. The Council may decline any entry.

10. No entry, either of flock or ram, shall be received from a member whose subscription and fees for the current year have not been paid.

11. Failure to make any return will result in the flock of sheep being inadmissible for registration.

12. All members offering North Country Cheviot Sheep for Show or Sale must have them clipped bare in accordance with the Bare Clipping Rule. The Society reserves the right to inspect any sheep bare clipped and shall carry out random checks each year.

13. No riggs shall be exhibited or sold at any principal show or sale held under the auspices of the Society.

14. Hill Register rams can be used on Main Register flocks and all such rams must be tattooed (or tagged) in the left ear with the letters "NCH" followed by the Flock Number of the flock where they were bred.

15. At the Ram Sales each year there will be a levy for the Society, at present 3.00 per cent, with a minimum of £5, collected by the Marts on all rams sold. This levy is also due on all rams sold privately and should be included with the Annual Return.

16. Use of Embryo Transfer is not permitted by the Society.

Registration of Rams

1. To be eligible for registration and entry in the Flock Book rams must be the produce of a registered flock and of a registered sire.

2. Rams entered may be named, but not more than three names can be accepted, including any prefix or affix.

3. Members may adopt a prefix or an affix which shall be registered with the Society.

4. A member may use only his own prefix or affix for home-bred rams.

5. Rams can only be registered by their breeders & this must be done prior to sale or when used.

6. All PARK rams MUST be registered by 31st July each year & all HILL rams MUST be registered by 31st August each year – any registration after this date will be subject to double registration fees.

7. The statement of the breeding of all rams put forward for entry and registration in the flock must (if required) be verified by the signature of the breeder.

8. In the registration of rams where the dam's sire can be proved such rams shall be recorded as pedigree rams.

9. Rams entered without such evidence of the pedigree of the dam shall be recorded as registered rams.

10. No riggs will be registered.

FEES

Initial Expenses Fee:

Both Registers ...............…….......………………………....…………………... £40
(Covers Entry Fee, First Annual Subscription and Registration of Prefix)

Membership

Annual Subscription...........................................................…..….....…£40
Life Membership - New Members ...............................…................. £400
(Life Membership is available only to individuals and not to companies
or partnerships)

Registration of Flocks (Main and Hill Registers)

On making annual return -
Fee for each female breeding sheep in the flock
(ewes and gimmers) ..........................................................……...... 10p each

Registration of Rams & Ram Lambs -

All Rams ………………......................……….......……………………£6 per ram
(£1 Discount for online registrations)

Export Registration Certificate-

Fee .................................................…..................................…. £5 per female
£15 per male

Flock Book

To Members .........................................................................…........…. £10.00
To Non-Members ........…...........................................................…...... £12.00

DESCRIPTION OF NORTH COUNTRY
CHEVIOT SHEEP

Head and Face -

White, well covered with fine hair, free from blueness or brown. Ears, of fine length and thickness, well covered with white hair, and coming out from the head at an angle of about forty-five degrees from the horizontal with good width between. Nose, straight to slightly Roman. Good width between eyes, broad muzzle, and wide, black nostril well open. Head, long, with deep underjaw. Eyes, dark, fairly big, bright and alert. Wool well up to back of cheeks and under throat and to back of ears but not between. The male is sometimes horned, but the horn must be free from blackness.

Neck -

Strong, big at base, well set in at shoulders and of medium length.

Breast -

Deep and wide.

Body -

Long, deep and wide. Back, straight with good width between shoulder blades and no falling off or slackness behind them. Belly and flanks well covered with wool. Ribs well sprung. Tail, broad and well woolled.

Legs -

White, of fair length, set well apart and coming down straight from the four corners of the body, with strong flat bone and well defined hocks. Hooves, black and of good strength.

Wool -

White, of good staple, free from curl, hair or kemp. Not hard, but has a spongy feeling when grasped.