{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/schedule-7/paragraph-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/schedule-7/paragraph-11.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2018/213",
  "legislation_title": "The Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transmissible-spongiform-encephalopathies-regulations-northern-ireland-2018",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Young lamb and goat stamps",
  "text": "(1) A young lamb stamp or a young goat stamp may be applied to an ovine or caprine carcase in a slaughterhouse if the animal does not have a permanent incisor erupted through the gum and any documentation relating to the animal does not indicate that it is aged over 12 months at slaughter.\n(2) A young lamb or young goat stamp may be applied by;\n(a) an inspector; or\n(b) an occupier of a slaughterhouse or a representative authorised by that occupier.\n(3) The young lamb or goat stamp must mark the meat with a circular mark 5 centimetres in diameter with the following in capital letters 1 centimetre high—\n(a) “VS”; and\n(b) in the case of—\n(i) an ovine animal, “YL”; or\n(ii) a caprine animal, “YG”.\n(4) A person must not apply a mark resembling the young lamb or goat stamp.\n(5) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) a person must not possess the equipment for applying a young lamb or goat stamp.\n(6) A person who contravenes this paragraph is guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2018/213/schedule/7/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:48:03.202378+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."
}