{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibited-procedures-on-protected-animals-exemptions-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibited-procedures-on-protected-animals-exemptions-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2010/387",
  "legislation_title": "The Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibited-procedures-on-protected-animals-exemptions-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Bovine animals",
  "text": "Procedure\nPurpose\nFreeze branding\nIdentification\nTattooing\nIdentification\nEar tagging\n1. Identification;\n2. Screening or routine or random testing for disease; or\n3. Genetic analysis.\nMicro chipping\nIdentification\nVasectomy\nControlling reproduction or general animal management\nCastration\nControlling reproduction or general animal management\nImplantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive into a non-farmed bovine\nControlling reproduction or general animal management, as part of a conservation programme\nEmbryo and ovum transfer\nControlling reproduction or general animal management\nNose ringing\nHandler safety or herd welfare\nDehorning\nHandler safety or herd welfare\nDisbudding\nHandler safety or herd welfare\nSupernumerary teat removal\nAnimal health",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 1 substituted (5.10.2016) by The Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/310), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/387/schedule/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:53:14.992532+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."
}