{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-order-northern-ireland-2009/article-8.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/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Destruction of identification devices",
  "text": "(1) The operator of a slaughterhouse, a processing plant, a collection centre, an incineration plant or any other person who finally disposes of an animal carcase must destroy, in a secure manner which prevents reuse all identification devices on animals or carcases entering his premises.\n(2) Where it is not practicable to remove an identification device from an animal or carcase, the operator or other person shall ensure that the device is disposed of, along with the carcase, at a processing plant or incineration plant.\n(3) Secure destruction includes the processing in a processing plant or incineration in an incineration plant of any identification device.\n(4) In this Article “collection centre” means a collection centre to which regulation 8 of the Animal By-Products (Enforcement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 applies.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 8(4) 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(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 8 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/8",
    "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."
}