{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-scotland-order-2009/article-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-scotland-order-2009/article-20.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/414",
  "legislation_title": "The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) (Scotland) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-scotland-order-2009",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Identification of goats not identified before 31st December 2009",
  "text": "(1) Where a goat is on its holding of birth and has not been identified before 31st December 2009, the keeper must identify it within the time limits specified in article 5(3) with—\n(a) the means of identification specified in Article 4(1) (first paragraph) and (2)(a) and (b) and Article 9(3) of the Council Regulation;\n(b) 2 eartags;\n(c) an eartag and a pastern mark; or\n(d) an eartag and a tattoo.\n(2) The identification code on any means of identification described in paragraph (1) must be—\n(a) the letters “UK”; and\n(b) a 12 digit number in accordance with a numbering scheme approved by the Scottish Ministers,\nwhich must be identical on the first and second means of identification.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 20 in force at 31.12.2009, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/414/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:58:37.700552+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."
}