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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-act-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1993/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-act-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1993/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1993/407",
  "legislation_title": "The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-scientific-procedures-act-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1993",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Act",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of the Act “a protected animal” shall include any invertebrate of the species Octopus vulgaris from the stage of its development when it becomes capable of independent feeding.\n(2) At the end of Schedule 2 to the Act (animals to be obtained only from designated breeding or supplying establishments), there shall be added—\n“Any bird of the species Coturnix coturnix (quail).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1993/407/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:49:31.780159+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."
}