{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-genetics-genotyping-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-genetics-genotyping-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2026/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2026/14",
  "legislation_title": "The Bovine Genetics Genotyping Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bovine-genetics-genotyping-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“applicant” means an eligible farm business which has applied to the scheme;\n“approved” in relation to a tag supplier or a laboratory, means a tag supplier or laboratory approved by the Department;\n“authorised person” means any person authorised by the Department to act under section 40(1) of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949 in matters relating to these Regulations;\n“birth” means a registered birth on NIFAIS;\n“cow” means a female bovine animal with a previous calf birth;\n“Department” means the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;\n“eligible bovine” means a bovine taurine breed animal of a breed specified in the Schedule and registered on NIFAIS;\n“eligible farm business” means a farm business which meets the requirements of regulation 4;\n“eligible genotype” means a genotype confirmed by a service provider;\n“keeper” means a person responsible for a herd;\n“NIFAIS” means the Northern Ireland Food Animal Information System maintained by the Department;\n“scheme” means the Bovine Genetics Genotyping Scheme;\n“scheme payment” means a payment under regulation 3;\n“service provider” means a person appointed by the Department to deliver genomic evaluations;\n“stock bull or potential to be” means an entire male animal used for or intended for use in breeding and registered as “B” (bull) on NIFAIS;\n“tissue tag” means a tissue sample tag supplied from an approved tag supplier.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 1.9.2026, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/14/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:24:30.495027+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."
}