{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2011/9",
  "legislation_title": "Dogs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Licensing of dangerous dogs",
  "text": "(1) Article 6 of the Dogs Order (issue of dog licences) is amended as follows.\n(2) After paragraph (9) (inserted by section 2) insert—\n“(10) A district council shall not—\n(a) issue a dog licence in respect of a dog to which Article 25A applies, or\n(b) issue a transfer certificate in respect of such a dog,\nunless the dog is exempted from the prohibition in Article 25A(3).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/9/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:54.035463+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."
}