{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheep-and-goats-records-identification-and-movement-scotland-order-2009/article-37",
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  "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/37",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Alteration of means of identification",
  "text": "No person may alter, obliterate or deface the information on any means of identification applied to an animal under—\n(a) the Council Regulation;\n(b) this Order or any provision giving effect to the Council Regulation in England, Wales, or Northern Ireland ...;\n(c) any of the previous United Kingdom Orders or Regulations; or\n(ca) “Council Regulation (EC) No. 21/2004 of 17th December 2003 establishing a system for the identification and registration of ovine and caprine animals and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003 and Directives 92/102/EEC and 64/432/EEC as it has effect in EU law in a member State;\n(d) Council Directive 92/102/EEC, in the case of an animal marked in a member State in accordance with that Directive.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 37(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 25(5)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 37(ca) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 25(5)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 37(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(b), 25(5)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 37 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/37",
    "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."
}