{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-england-order-2009/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-england-order-2009/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3219",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (England) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-england-order-2009",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Identification of goats",
  "text": "(1) Where a goat is on its holding of birth and has not been identified before 31st December 2009 the keeper must, if they have not identified it in accordance with Part 3, identify it within the time limits specified in article 9(3), with either—\n(a) two eartags;\n(b) an eartag and a pastern tag; or\n(c) an eartag and a tattoo.\n(2) The identification code on a means of identification must be—\n(a) the letters “UK”; and\n(b) a 12 digit number in accordance with a numbering scheme prescribed by the Secretary of State;\nand must be identical on the first and second means of identification.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3219/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:27:54.095920+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."
}