{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heads-of-sheep-and-goats-order-1996/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heads-of-sheep-and-goats-order-1996/article-3.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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Heads of sheep or goats for human consumption",
  "text": "(1) No person shall sell for human consumption any part of the head of a sheep or goat or any food containing any part of the head of a sheep or goat.\n(2) No person shall use any part of the head of a sheep or goat in the preparation of food for sale for human consumption.\n(3) No person shall sell any part of the head of a sheep or goat for use in the preparation of food for sale for human consumption.\n(4) For the purposes of this article “the head of a sheep or goat” includes any product derived therefrom but does not include the tongue where this has been removed immediately after slaughter but before the staining of the head.\n(5) This article shall not apply to the head of any sheep or goat born, reared and slaughtered in Australia or New Zealand.",
  "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/3",
    "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."
}