{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pigs-records-identification-and-movement-order-2011/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pigs-records-identification-and-movement-order-2011/article-23.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2154",
  "legislation_title": "The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pigs-records-identification-and-movement-order-2011",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Replacement of an identification mark",
  "text": "(1) A keeper must replace an identification mark if it has—\n(a) become illegible;\n(b) been removed for welfare reasons; or\n(c) been lost.\n(2) Any person replacing an identification mark must either—\n(a) apply an identical identification mark; or\n(b) apply a new identification mark and cross-refer the new identification mark with the original identification mark in the record kept under article 5.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2154/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:56:49.206510+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."
}