{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1984/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1984/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1984/702",
  "legislation_title": "The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-miscellaneous-provisions-northern-ireland-order-1984",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Control of petshops, animal boarding, riding and zoological establishments",
  "text": "(1) Part II of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (control of petshops, animal boarding, riding and zoological establishments) shall have effect subect to the following provisions of this Article.\n(2) In section 8 (licensing) after subsection (4) there shall be inserted the following subsection—\n“(4A) Subject to subsection (5), a licence granted under this section after the date on which the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 came into operation shall remain in force for a period of one year from the date on which it is granted.”.\n(3) In section 12(1) (interpretation) for the definition of “petshop” there shall be substituted the following definition—\n““petshop” means any premises, structure (whether moveable or not), vehicle, cart or barrow where animals are kept primarily for the purpose of sale as pets but does not include any premises where only pedigree animals (that is to say, animals which by their breeding are eligible for registration with a recognised club or society) are bred and sold;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1972 c. 7 (N.I.)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2011/16",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1984/702/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:10.270477+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."
}