{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-1996/article-2",
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  "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/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“holding” means any establishment, construction or, in the case of an open air farm, any place in which animals are held, kept or handled, but does not include a border inspection post specified for the purposes of importing live animals from outside the European Union;\n“identification mark” means the identification mark applied to an animal in accordance with this Order;\n“keeper” means any natural or legal person having care and control of animals, even on a temporary basis.\n(2) Any reference in this Order to a Community instrument is a reference to that instrument as amended at the time of coming into force of this Order.",
  "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/2",
    "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."
}