{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-scotland-order-2009/article-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-scotland-order-2009/article-33.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/33",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Colour of identification devices",
  "text": "(1) No person may attach a red identification device to any animal, other than a replacement identification device.\n(2) Where a keeper re-identifies an animal and that animal is not on its holding of birth, or the keeper does not know the holding of birth, the keeper must use a red replacement identification device but the requirement to use a red identification device does not apply to the use of boluses.\n(3) Where an animal is identified by means of a bolus and a second identification device that second device must be black and a black identification device may only be used in combination with a bolus.\n(4) The characters on all identification devices must be a different colour to the background of the device and must be clearly legible.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 33 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/33",
    "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."
}