{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-of-older-animalsregulations-2000/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-of-older-animalsregulations-2000/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2976",
  "legislation_title": "The Cattle (Identification of Older Animals)Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-of-older-animalsregulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;\n“cattle” means bovine animals including the species bison bison and bubalus bubalis;\n“holding” means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open-air farm, any place in which cattle are held, kept or handled;\n“identity of the animal” means the ear tag or tattoo number given in accordance with—\n(a) the Bovine Animals (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1995;\n(b) the Bovine Animals (Identification, Marking and Breeding Records) Order 1990;\n(c) the Tuberculosis (England and Wales) Order 1984;\n(d) (for animals in England which were identified in Scotland) the Turberculosis (Scotland) Order 1984; or\n(e) (for animals identified under any of those instruments and re-identified under the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998) the Cattle Identification Regulations 1998;\n“inspector” means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the Minister or a local authority;\n“keeper” means any person responsible for animals, whether on a permanent or on a temporary basis, including during transportation or at a market but does not include any person who is only a keeper because he is transporting the animals;\n“local authority” means—\n(a) where there is a unitary authority within the meaning of the Local Government Changes for England Regulations 1994, that authority;\n(b) where there is not a unitary authority—\n(i) in a metropolitan district, the council of that district;\n(ii) in a non-metropolitan county, the council of that county;\n(iii) in each London borough the council of that borough; and\n(iv) in the City of London, the Common Council;\n“Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000” means Regulation (EC) No. 1760/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a system for the identification and registration of bovine animals and regarding the labelling of beef and beef products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 820/97.\n(2) Any authorisation or notice under these Regulations shall be in writing, may be subject to conditions and may be suspended, amended or revoked by notice in writing at any time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1990/1867 as amended by S.I. 1993/503."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1984/1943."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1984/2063."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/871 as amended by S.I. 1998/1796, S.I. 1998/2969 and S.I. 1999/1339."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/867 as amended by S.I. 1996/330 and S.I. 1996/611."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "OJ No. L204, 11.8.2000, p. 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added (E)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1644",
      "affecting_title": "The BSE Monitoring (England) Regulations 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2976/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:11:06.261937+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."
}