{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1998/279",
  "legislation_title": "Cattle Identification (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Change of eartag number",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) an animal born on or after 1st July 1996 and before the coming into operation of these Regulations is to have an eartag attached to it in place of a previous eartag with a different number; or\n(b) an animal from a member State, Great Britain, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands is to have a new or replacement eartag attached to it in accordance with regulation 6(6)(a) or (b),\nthe keeper shall, before so doing, either—\n(i) apply for and obtain the written authorisation of the Department therefor; or\n(ii) in the case of a replacement tag, notify the Department of his application to obtain a replacement tag bearing the same identification number as the original eartag.\n(2) Any person who fails to comply with paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 13 in operation at 1.10.1998, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1998/279",
      "affecting_title": "Cattle Identification (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2025/11",
      "affecting_title": "The Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/279/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:23:18.391420+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."
}