{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pigs-records-identification-and-movement-order-northern-ireland-2012/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pigs-records-identification-and-movement-order-northern-ireland-2012/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2012/67",
  "legislation_title": "The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pigs-records-identification-and-movement-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Ear tags and tattoos",
  "text": "(1) An ear tag shall be—\n(a) easy to read during the pig’s lifetime;\n(b) made of either metal or plastic or a combination of metal and plastic;\n(c) tamper-resistant;\n(d) incapable of re-use;\n(e) designed to remain attached to the pig without harming it;\n(f) printed with the keeper’s holding code.\n(2) A person shall not sell or supply an ear tag except in accordance with the conditions of a licence issued by the Department.\n(3) A tattoo shall be applied either by tattoo forceps, in which case it shall be on an ear, or by slap-marking equipment in which case it shall be on the shoulder.\n(4) As an alternative to applying a tattoo by methods referred to in paragraph (3) a keeper may apply a tattoo to a shoulder of a pig by means of equipment which uses compressed air to drive the tattooing pins into the skin of the pig.\n(5) A tattoo shall be easy to read during the pig’s lifetime.\n(6) A tattoo shall bear a holding code or in the case of a pig being moved direct to slaughter, a tattoo may bear a holding code or curer mark.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 7 in operation at 19.3.2012, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/67/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:17:28.300807+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."
}