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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-licensing-and-identification-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/396",
  "legislation_title": "The Dogs (Licensing and Identification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Dogs\nMade 27th November 2009\nComing into operation 1st January 2010\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 31(1) of the Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983:",
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of the Departments Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1983/764 (N.I. 8) as amended by S.I. 1991/2292 (N.I. 21) and 2001 c.1"
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  "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."
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