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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-england-order-2009/article-34",
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  "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/34",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Defence related to movement for emergency veterinary treatment",
  "text": "It is a defence for any person charged with an offence of contravening or failing to comply with any provision in this Order relating to the movement of an animal from a holding without attaching or applying the required means of identification to prove that the animal was moved from the holding for the purposes of emergency veterinary treatment.",
  "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/34",
    "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."
}