{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-in-specified-animals-scotland-order-2015/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-in-specified-animals-scotland-order-2015/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/327",
  "legislation_title": "The Tuberculosis in Specified Animals (Scotland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tuberculosis-in-specified-animals-scotland-order-2015",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Identification requirements for alpacas, guanacos, llamas and vicuñas",
  "text": "(1) A person must not move an alpaca, guanaco, llama or vicuña that is an affected animal or a suspected animal on to or off any premises unless it has had a means of identification applied to it in a manner approved by the Scottish Ministers.\n(2) A keeper of a carcase of an alpaca, guanaco, llama or vicuña, that is known to be or suspected of being the carcase of an affected animal or a suspected animal, must not move that carcase on to or off any premises unless it has had a means of identification applied to it in a manner approved by the Scottish Ministers.\n(3) A person must not test any alpaca, guanaco, llama or vicuña for tuberculosis unless that animal has had a means of identification applied to it in a manner approved by the Scottish Ministers.\n(4) If directed by a veterinary inspector or an approved veterinary surgeon, a keeper of an alpaca, guanaco, llama or vicuña must apply a means of identification to the animal in a manner approved by the Scottish Ministers.\n(5) A veterinary inspector or an approved veterinary surgeon may apply a means of identification in a manner approved by the Scottish Ministers to any alpaca, guanaco, llama or vicuña.\n(6) A person must not change or interfere with any means of identification that has been applied in accordance with this article.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 17 in force at 9.10.2015, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/327/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:27:43.450770+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."
}