{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heads-of-sheep-and-goats-order-1996/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heads-of-sheep-and-goats-order-1996/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2264",
  "legislation_title": "The Heads of Sheep and Goats Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heads-of-sheep-and-goats-order-1996",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "Any person who, without lawful authority or excuse, proof of which shall lie on him, contravenes any provision of this Order commits an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2264/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:36:05.986201+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."
}