{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-23.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/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Markets",
  "text": "The owner or person in charge of a market shall—\n(a) ensure that an animal is not accepted into a market for sale or sold at the market unless it is identified in accordance with this Order;\n(b) ensure that an animal is not accepted or exposed for sale or displayed at any market unless—\n(i) it is accompanied by a valid copy of a movement document in accordance with Article 21; or\n(ii) the movement information is already contained in the centralised computer database in accordance with Article 22;\n(c) ensure that all animals are divided into groups of one or more animals immediately upon his arrival at the market and—\n(i) a lot number is allocated to each group; and\n(ii) the lot number is recorded in the holding register at the market; and\n(iii) the lot number is recorded on the movement document which accompanied the animals into the market; or\n(iv) where the movement document is not required in accordance with Article 22 the owner or person in charge of a market shall enter the lot number in the centralised computer database;\n(d) in respect of any animal leaving the market—\n(i) prior to the animal leaving supply the keeper with a copy of the movement document including full details of the holding to which the animal is being consigned and the lot number; and\n(ii) unless the movement information is already entered in the centralised computer database in accordance with Article 25 send a copy of the movement document to the Divisional Veterinary Office in accordance with Article 21(1)(b)(ii).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 23 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/23",
    "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."
}