{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-identification-wales-regulations-2000/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-identification-wales-regulations-2000/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2000/2335",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep and Goats Identification (Wales) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-identification-wales-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations —\n“collection centre” (“canolfan gasglu”) means any site, including holdings, at which animals originating from different holdings are grouped together to form consignments intended for despatch from that site;\n“flockmark” (“marc diadell”) means the flockmark allocated by the National Assembly pursuant to regulation 3;\n“herdmark” (“marc gyr”) means the herdmark allocated by the National Assembly pursuant to regulation 3;\n“holding” (“daliad”) 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” (“arolygydd”) means a person appointed to be an inspector for the purposes of these Regulations by the National Assembly or a local authority;\n“keeper” (“ceidwad”) means any person having care and control of sheep and goats, even on a temporary basis;\n“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means in respect of a county or county borough, the council of that county or county borough;\n“National Assembly” (“Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;\n“relevant date” (“dyddiad perthnasol”) means 1 January 2001;\n“unique individual identification number”(“rhif adnabod unigol unigryw”) means a unique combination of the letters “UK” followed by the herdmark or flockmark of the holding of birth, followed by an individual identification number which has been created by the keeper;\n“veterinary treatment” (“triniaeth filfeddygol”) means any treatment or other procedure carried on by or under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon and includes castration.\n(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation (with no corresponding reference to a specific instrument) is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations.\n(3) These Regulations shall apply to live sheep and goats only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2000/2335/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:18:26.929698+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."
}