{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-modification-order-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-modification-order-northern-ireland-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/238",
  "legislation_title": "Diseases of Animals (Modification) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-modification-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nMade 14th June 1996\nComing into operation 17th June 1996\nThe Department of Agriculture, being satisfied that the modification of Schedule 2 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 set out in Article 2 is necessary or expedient for the purposes of that Order, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 16(2) of that Order and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22). The relevant amending Orders are S.R. 1990 No. 135 and S.R. 1995 No. 273"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/238/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-13T03:31:57.810817+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."
}