{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-identification-england-order-2000/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-identification-england-order-2000/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2027",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep and Goats Identification (England) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-identification-england-order-2000",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Notification of holdings where sheep or goats are kept",
  "text": "(1) Any person who keeps sheep or goats on a holding shall, within one month of the coming into force of this article or, as the case may be, within one month after he begins to keep the sheep or goats after the coming into force of this article, notify the Minister in writing of—\n(a) the address of the holding;\n(b) the name and address of the occupier of the holding; and\n(c) the species of animals (whether sheep or goats or both) which are usually kept on the holding.\n(2) Any person keeping sheep or goats shall notify the Minister in writing of any change in the particulars specified in paragraph (1) above within one month of such change.\n(3) On receiving notification under this article the Minister shall, subject to paragraph (4) below, allocate to the keeper of the sheep or goat a sheep flockmark in the case of sheep or a goat herdmark in the case of goats.\n(4) Where the holding is an abattoir or market, the Minister shall allocate a sheep flockmark or goat herdmark only where he deems it appropriate to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2027/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:37.968477+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."
}