{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-identification-and-traceability-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-identification-and-traceability-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2006/73",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep and Goats (Identification and Traceability) (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-identification-and-traceability-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Replacement tattoos",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 13 shall not apply where a replacement tattoo is applied to the animal in accordance with paragraph (2) or (3).\n(2) Where the identification code of a tattoo which has been lost or become illegible is known the keeper may apply to the animal a replacement tattoo bearing that identification code.\n(3) Where the identification code of a tattoo which has been lost or become illegible is not known and–\n(a) the animal is on its holding of birth, the keeper may apply to the animal a replacement tattoo bearing an individual identification code with the following information in the following order:–\n(i) the flockmark or herdmark of the holding of birth; and\n(ii) a number of not more than 6 digits which is unique to the animal to which it is applied (and which has been created by the keeper of the holding at which it is applied);\n(b) the animal is on a holding other than its holding of birth, the keeper may apply a tattoo with an individual identification code with the following information in the following order (an “R tattoo”):–\n(i) the flockmark or herdmark of the holding the animal is on when the tattoo is applied;\n(ii) a number of not more than 6 digits which is unique to the animal to which it is applied (and which has been created by the keeper of the holding at which it is applied); and\n(iii) the letter “R”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/73/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:21:24.560000+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."
}