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Northern Ireland

Dogs

Made 25th June 2026

Coming into operation in accordance with Article 1

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs^f1, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 25A(3), (5) and (6) of the Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983^f2, makes the following Order.

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Footnotes

f1: Formerly the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) see Article 3(4) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1)). DARD was renamed the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) by section 1(2) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.)).
f2: S.I. 1983/764 (N.I. 8) Article 25A was inserted by S.I. 1991/2292 (N.I. 21).