{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-429/article-173",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-429/article-173.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/429",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-429",
  "path": "article/173",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "173",
  "heading": "Obligations of the competent authority concerning the registration of aquaculture establishments",
  "text": "A competent authority shall register:\n(a) aquaculture establishments in the register of aquaculture establishments provided for in Article 185(1), where the operator concerned has provided the information required in accordance with Article 172(1);\n(b) groups of aquaculture establishment in that register, provided that the criteria laid down in Article 172(4) are complied with.\nThe competent authority shall assign each establishment or group of establishments as referred to in this Article with a unique registration number.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/429/article/173",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:57.045484+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."
}