{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-records-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-records-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/172",
  "legislation_title": "Animals (Records) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-records-order-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Goats, sheep or swine",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of Articles 5 and 6, the owner or person in charge of goats or swine shall keep a record of the particulars of such goats or swine as specified in the several columns of the form set out in Schedule 2.\n(2) Subject to the provisions of Articles 5 and 6, the owner or person in charge of sheep shall keep a record of the particulars of such sheep as specified in the several columns of the form set out in Schedule 3.\n(3) A record required by paragraph (1) or (2) shall be made within 48 hours of the acquisition, sale, disposal, birth, death or re-identification of such goats, sheep or swine.\n(4) A market operator shall make and keep a record of goats, sheep or swine presented for sale on his premises and such record shall show—\n(a) the date of that sale;\n(b) the number, identification mark, sex, breed and description of such goats, sheep or swine;\n(c) the name and address of the person who presented such goats, sheep or swine for sale; and\n(d) the name and address of the purchaser, if any, of such goats, sheep or swine.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in operation at 1.5.1997, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/172",
      "affecting_title": "Animals (Records) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/172/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:29:29.261170+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."
}