{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-identification-scotland-regulations-2000/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-identification-scotland-regulations-2000/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2000/418",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep and Goats Identification (Scotland) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-identification-scotland-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“breed society mark\" means any mark which is registered by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with regulation 7(5);\n“flockmark\" means the mark allocated to the keeper of sheep by the Scottish Ministers according to regulation 3(5);\n“herdmark\" means the mark allocated to the keeper of goats by the Scottish Ministers according to regulation 3(5);\n“holding\" means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open air farm, any place in which sheep or goats are held, kept or handled;\n“inspector\" means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the Scottish Ministers or a local authority;\n“keeper\" means any person having care and control of sheep or goats, even on a temporary basis;\n“local authority\" means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ;\n“unique individual identification number\" means a unique combination of the letters “UK\" followed by the herdmark or flockmark of the holding of birth, followed by a number which is unique to the animal to which it is applied and which has been created by the keeper of the holding of birth; and\n“veterinary treatment\" means any treatment or other procedure carried out by or under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon and shall include castration.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1994 c.39."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "ssi/2002/39",
      "affecting_title": "The Sheep and Goats Identification (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/418/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:48:56.194188+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."
}