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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-32J",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1981/1115",
  "legislation_title": "The Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-animals-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "article/32J",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "32J",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“breeding” includes the placing in any creature of an embryo which has been created otherwise than by fertilisation;\n“keeper”, in relation to livestock, includes an owner of the livestock;\n“livestock” means—\n(a)any creature which is kept, fattened or bred for the production of food, wool, skin or fur;\n(b)any creature, other than a dog, which is kept for use in the farming of land; and\n(c)any equine animal;\n“TSE” means transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2A (arts. 32A-32J) inserted (12.3.2010) by Diseases of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 1), ss. 3, 22(1), Sch. 1; S.R. 2010/70, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/1115/article/32J",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:51:34.555607+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."
}