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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-dogs-order-1992/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/901",
  "legislation_title": "The Control of Dogs Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-dogs-order-1992",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "The owner of a dog or the person in charge of a dog who, without lawful authority or excuse, proof of which shall lie on him, causes or permits the dog to be in a highway or in a place of public resort not wearing a collar as prescribed in article 2(1) above shall be guilty of an offence against the Animal Health Act 1981.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/901/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:23:54.147882+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."
}