{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-animals-records-identification-and-movement-order-1995/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-animals-records-identification-and-movement-order-1995/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/12",
  "legislation_title": "The Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-animals-records-identification-and-movement-order-1995",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Restriction on movement etc of unidentified bovine animals",
  "text": "(1) Except in the circumstances described in article 8(6), it shall not be lawful to move a bovine animal on or off any premises unless an ear tag is attached to it.\n(2) It shall not be lawful to sell a bovine animal or expose it for sale, or to cause it to be sold or exposed for sale, unless—\n(a) an ear tag is attached to the animal; and\n(b) the tag is clearly visible and legible.\n(3) In this article “ear tag” means—\n(a) an ear tag attached to the animal as required by this Order;\n(b) in the case of an animal born before 1st April 1995, an approved identification mark applied to the animal under the 1990 Order; or\n(c) an ear tag which had been attached in compliance with the Directive in accordance with provisions of the law of another member State or an EEA State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/871",
      "affecting_title": "The Cattle Identification Regulations 1998"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/12/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:19:16.333767+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."
}