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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-act-1991-commencement-and-appointed-day-order-1991/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1742",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Commencement and Appointed Day) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-act-1991-commencement-and-appointed-day-order-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 12th August 1991 the provisions of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 except section 8 thereof (Power to make corresponding provision for Northern Ireland) which came into force on Royal Assent. The Order also makes 30th November 1991 the appointed day for the purposes of section 1of the Act that is the day after which, subject to exceptions, possession or custody of a dog to which section 1 applies is prohibited.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1742/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:40:12.871037+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."
}