{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-1996/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-1996/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/28",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-1996",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Construction of ear tags",
  "text": "No person shall attach an eartag to an animal for the purposes of marking it in compliance with this Order unless the eartag is constructed in such a way that—\n(a) it does not interfere with the well-being of the animal;\n(b) any alteration to it can be readily detected; and\n(c) it cannot be re-used.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/28/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:54:46.899157+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."
}