{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-england-order-2005/article-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-england-order-2005/article-25.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3100",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-england-order-2005",
  "path": "article/25",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Replacement of eartags lost at markets",
  "text": "(1) The requirements of articles 23 and 24 to replace eartags and tattoos do not apply to a market operator or slaughterhouse operator.\n(2) If an eartag or tattoo is removed, lost or discovered to be illegible while an animal is on the way to or at a market, the person who purchases the animal at the market must apply a replacement in accordance with the following provisions as soon as possible and in any event before the animal is moved from his holding—\n(a) in the case of a removed, lost or illegible movement tag, he must attach an identical replacement, unless, after taking all reasonable steps he cannot ascertain the number on the original tag;\n(b) in the case of a removed, lost or illegible identification tag, he must attach an identical replacement or an R tag;\n(c) in the case of a removed, lost or illegible eartag that was attached under any of the previous Orders, other than an S mark, he must attach an identical replacement or an R tag; or\n(d) in the case of a removed or illegible tattoo that was attached under any of the previous Orders, he must attach an R tag or apply an R tattoo.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3100/article/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:19.460733+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."
}