{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/411",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Derogation from holding registers",
  "text": "In accordance with Article 102(4) of the Council Regulation the holding register shall be optional for any keeper—\n(a) who is authorised by the Department to notify information electronically for entry to the centralised computer database;\n(b) who provides the information required by Article 102(1)(a) and (b) of the Council Regulation and Article 23(1)(a), (b) and (d), (2) and (4) of the Commission Regulation and in the case of the movement of animals the number of animals moved; and\n(c) who provides the information within the timescales specified in Article 17(5), and in the manner specified by the Department.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 18 substituted (24.1.2025) by The Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/11), regs. 1(1), 6(17)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 18(b) substituted (24.1.2025) by The Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/11), regs. 1(1), 6(17)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 18 in operation at 31.12.2009, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/411/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:29:29.222326+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."
}