{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2026/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2026/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2026/124",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2026",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Dangerous Dogs Compensation and Exemption Schemes Order 1991",
  "text": "(1) The Dangerous Dogs Compensation and Exemption Schemes Order 1991 shall be amended as follows.\n(2) In Article 5 (conditions for adult dogs), omit condition (c) “that there is in force in respect of the dog third party insurance which complies with Article 9;”.\n(3) Article 9 (third party insurance) is repealed.\n(4) In Article 11 (certificate of exemption), in paragraph (2)—\n(a) omit (e) “a requirement to satisfy the district council that a policy of insurance which complies with Article 9 continues in force;”;\n(b) after (f) insert—\n“(fa) a requirement to ensure that the dog does not come into close contact with a child under the age of 12 in any place, other than a public place, unless the dog or the child being supervised by a person (whether the holder of the certificate or some other person) who is over the age of 18;”",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2(1)(2)(3)(4)(a) in operation at 1.7.2026, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Art. 2(4)(b) in operation at 1.11.2026, see art. 1(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.1. 1991 No. 466"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2026/124/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:39:06.821919+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."
}