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  "legislation": "nisr/1998/279",
  "legislation_title": "Cattle Identification (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
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  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Intra-Community trade",
  "text": "(1) A person shall not consign any animal for intra-Community trade unless—\n(a) it is identified by eartags in accordance with Article 4.1 of the Council Regulation: or\n(b) in the case of an animal which falls within one of the derogations set out in that paragraph, it is identified by an eartag in accordance with the 1964 Order.\n(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in operation at 1.10.1998, see reg. 1"
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/279/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:23:18.391420+00:00"
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  "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."
}