{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/identification-and-movement-of-sheep-and-goats-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/identification-and-movement-of-sheep-and-goats-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/173",
  "legislation_title": "Identification and Movement of Sheep and Goats Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/identification-and-movement-of-sheep-and-goats-order-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Construction of ear tags",
  "text": "A person shall not attach an ear tag to an animal for the purposes of marking it in compliance with this Order unless the ear tag is constructed in such a way that—\n(a) it does not interfere with the well-being of the animal;\n(b) any alteration to it can be readily detected; and\n(c) it cannot be re-used.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 7 in operation at 1.8.1997, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/173",
      "affecting_title": "Identification and Movement of Sheep and Goats Order (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/173/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:29:28.520639+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."
}