{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pigs-records-identification-and-movement-scotland-order-2011/article-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pigs-records-identification-and-movement-scotland-order-2011/article-11.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2011/327",
  "legislation_title": "The Pigs (Records, Identification and Movement) (Scotland) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pigs-records-identification-and-movement-scotland-order-2011",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Identification of pigs moved on to a holding from outside the European Union",
  "text": "(1) Any person importing a pig from outside the European Union must apply an eartag or tattoo to the pig containing the following information, in the following order—\n(a) the letters “UK”;\n(b) the herdmark of the herd into which the imported pig is introduced;\n(c) any other information, if the keeper wishes to apply such information; and\n(d) the letter “F”.\n(2) The eartag or tattoo must be applied to the pig within a period of 30 days commencing on the day of its arrival at the holding of destination and, in any event, before it is moved from that holding.\n(3) A person importing a pig from outside the European Union need not apply a new identification mark in accordance with paragraph (1) where a pig is moved directly to a slaughterhouse and is slaughtered within a period of 30 days commencing on the day of arrival.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/327/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:48:04.442106+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."
}