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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-licensing-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-licensing-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2012/132",
  "legislation_title": "The Dogs (Licensing and Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-licensing-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Dogs\nMade 16th March 2012\nComing into operation 9th April 2012\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development , makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 6(2), (3) and (5), 7(9), 8(2) and (3), 15(1), 31(1) and 31(1A) of the Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 :",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1983/764 (N.I. 8), as amended by S.I. 1991/2292 (N.I. 21), 2001 c.1 (N.I.) and 2011 c.9 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/132/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:39.578300+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."
}