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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-greyhounds-etc-act-northern-ireland-1950/section-6",
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  "legislation": "apni/1950/13",
  "legislation_title": "Control of Greyhounds etc. Act (Northern Ireland) 1950",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-greyhounds-etc-act-northern-ireland-1950",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them:—\n“contravention” includes, in relation to any provision, a failure to comply with that provision;\n“enactment” includes any provision contained in or having effect under any Act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or of the Irish Parliament;\n“greyhound” includes any greyhound or whippet and any breed, strain, or cross thereof;\n“muzzled”, in relation to any greyhound, means wearing any device so constructed and affixed as to prevent that greyhound from biting or otherwise injuring any human being or other animal;\n“under control” in relation to any greyhound means led by a chain, cord or other efficient leash held by a person exercising proper control over such greyhound.\nSubs. (2) rep. by 1954 c. 33 (NI)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1950/13/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:56.814663+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."
}