{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-enforcement-regulations-1997/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-enforcement-regulations-1997/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1901",
  "legislation_title": "The Cattle Identification (Enforcement) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-enforcement-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation and extent",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“cattle” means bovine animals including the species bison bison and bubalus bubalis;\n“farm” means any holding on which cattle are kept for the purpose of breeding, production, raising or fattening;\n“holding” means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open-air farm, any place situated within the territory of Great Britain, in which cattle are held, kept or handled;\n“inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the Minister or a local authority, and when used in relation to a person so appointed by the Minister, includes a veterinary inspector;\n“keeper” means any natural or legal person responsible for animals, whether on a permanent or on a temporary basis, including during transportation or at a market;\n“local authority” means—\n(a) in England, as respects each London borough (except in relation to imported live animals), metropolitan district or non-metropolitan county, the council of that borough, district or county;\n(b) as respects the City of London, and for all London boroughs in relation to imported live animals, the Common Council;\n(c) in Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;\n(d) in Wales, a county or county borough;\n“Minister” means, in relation to England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and, in relation to Scotland and to Wales, the Secretary of State;\n“veterinary inspector” means a person appointed as a veterinary inspector by the Minister.\n(2) These Regulations shall not extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1994 c. 39."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1901/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:59:03.300299+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."
}