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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-4",
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  "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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Form of eartags",
  "text": "(1) A person shall not attach eartags to any animal unless they are approved.\n(2) In accordance with Article 1.1 and 1.2 of the Commission Regulation, both of the approved eartags attached to any animal shall be inscribed with the logo specified in the Schedule, the letters “UK”, the unique number allocated in relation to the animal by the Department for the purpose and, in the case of a two-piece eartag, both pieces of the eartag shall bear the logo.\n(3) The power granted by Article 4 of the Commission Regulation (a power to choose other material or model for the second eartag) may be exercised in relation to any animal in Northern Ireland by the Department.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 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/2012/416",
      "affecting_title": "Cattle Identification (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "reg. 4(2)(3) renumbered as reg. 4 (1)(2)",
      "affecting": "nisr/2012/416",
      "affecting_title": "Cattle Identification (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "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/4",
    "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."
}