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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clean-neighbourhoods-and-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clean-neighbourhoods-and-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-41.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2011/23",
  "legislation_title": "Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clean-neighbourhoods-and-environment-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/41",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Dog control orders: supplementary",
  "text": "(1) The Department shall by regulations prescribe the penalties, or maximum penalties, which may be provided for in a dog control order in relation to any offence.\n(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may not in any case permit a dog control order to provide for a penalty other than a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale in relation to any offence.\n(3) The Department shall by regulations prescribe such other requirements relating to the content and form of a dog control order as the Department thinks fit.\n(4) The Department shall by regulations prescribe the procedure to be followed by a district council before and after making a dog control order.\n(5) Regulations under subsection (4) shall in particular include provision as to—\n(a) consultation to be undertaken before a dog control order is made;\n(b) the publicising of a dog control order after it has been made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 41 in operation at 18.1.2012 by S.R. 2012/13, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/23/section/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:43.734706+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."
}