{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-poultry-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-poultry-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/401",
  "legislation_title": "Diseases of Poultry (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-poultry-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nMade 9th September 2003\nComing into operation 15th September 2003\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 2(3), 5(1), 10(6), 12(1), 14, 18(7), 19(e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (k), 44, 46(7A) and 60(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and of every power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture: see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Art. 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 17 and S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Arts. 19, 20, 22 and 23"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/401/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:01:19.488074+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."
}