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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-animals-environment-and-food-etc-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2012/article-18",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2897",
  "legislation_title": "The Agriculture, Animals, Environment and Food etc. (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-animals-environment-and-food-etc-miscellaneous-amendments-order-2012",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Cattle Identification Regulations 2007",
  "text": "In the Cattle Identification Regulations 2007 —\n(a) in regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), after the definition of “cattle passport” insert—\n““Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/98” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/98 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 820/97 as regards the application of minimum administrative sanctions in the framework of the system for the identification and registration of bovine animals ;”;\n(b) in regulation 10 (powers of inspectors), for paragraph (1)(c) substitute—\n“(c) Commission Regulation (EC) No 494/98;”;\n(c) in regulation 12 (slaughter of unmarked animals), omit “the veterinary authority and”; and\n(d) in regulation 16 (enforcement), after paragraph (2) add—\n“(3) Where the Secretary of State makes a direction under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may delegate to the Director of Public Prosecutions functions in relation to the prosecution of an offence under these Regulations.”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/529, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "OJ No L 60, 28.2.1998, p.78, amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1053/2010 (OJ No L 303, 19.11.2010, p.1)."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2897/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:12:57.013347+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}