{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heads-of-sheep-and-goats-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heads-of-sheep-and-goats-order-northern-ireland-1996/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/427",
  "legislation_title": "The Heads of Sheep and Goats Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/heads-of-sheep-and-goats-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Prohibition on bringing in heads of sheep or goats from Great Britain",
  "text": "(1) A person shall not bring the head of a sheep or goat into Northern Ireland from Great Britain unless it has been stained in accordance with legislation having effect in Great Britain and corresponding to provisions in the HSGTD Regulations relating to staining or it is exempt from the requirement to stain under the legislation having effect in Great Britain as it would be under regulation 6 of the HSGTD Regulations.\n(2) Any person bringing the head of a sheep or goat into Northern Ireland from Great Britain shall immediately transport it to one of the destinations specified in Article 4(1).\n(3) In paragraph (1), “stain” has the same meaning as in the HSGTD Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/427/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:33:40.293435+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."
}