{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibited-procedures-on-protected-animals-exemptions-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibited-procedures-on-protected-animals-exemptions-scotland-regulations-2010/schedule-7.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/7",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Deer",
  "text": "Procedure\nPurpose\nTattooing\nIdentification\nEar tagging\n1. Identification; or\n2. Screening or routine or random testing for disease.\nEar notching\nIdentification\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 deer\nControlling reproduction or general animal management, as part of a conservation programme\nEmbryo and ovum transfer\nControlling reproduction or general animal management\nRemoval of antlers\nHandler safety or herd welfare\nCondition—\nAntler removal may only be performed where the velvet is frayed and the greater part of it shed.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 7 substituted (9.2.2012) by The Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/40), regs. 1, 2(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in sch. 7 inserted (22.2.2011) by The Prohibited Procedures on Protected Animals (Exemptions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/164), regs. 1, 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2010/387/schedule/7",
    "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."
}