{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-northern-ireland-order-1976/article-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-northern-ireland-order-1976/article-11.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1976/1040",
  "legislation_title": "Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-northern-ireland-order-1976",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Penalty for rescuing livestock detained or animals impounded under Article 9 or 10",
  "text": "Any person who—\n(a) rescues or does any act by means of which livestock detained under Article 9 or an animal impounded under Article 10 escapes or is unlawfully liberated; or\n(b) unlawfully prevents a person entitled by virtue of Article 9 or 10 to custody or control of the livestock or animal from exercising in relation to it any right conferred by that Article;\nshall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1984 NI 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1976/1040/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:50.294273+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."
}