{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-regulations-1998/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-regulations-1998/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/871",
  "legislation_title": "The Cattle Identification Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cattle-identification-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Form of eartags",
  "text": "(1) Eartags applied under these Regulations shall be approved by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.\n(2) In accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2629/97, both eartags shall bear the logo specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations, the letters “UK” and the unique number allocated by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (and, in the case of a two-piece eartag, both pieces of the eartag shall bear the logo).\n(3) The power in Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2629/97 (a power to choose other material or model for the second eartag) may be exercised by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/1538",
      "affecting_title": "The Cattle Identification (Amendment) Regulations 2006"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/871/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:33:26.494353+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."
}