{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-licensing-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-licensing-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-6.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": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Identification of the keeper",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the keeper of a dog in respect of which a licence is required under the Order or of a dog to which Article 5(a), (b) or (d) of the Order applies shall ensure that the dog wears a collar with the name and address of the keeper inscribed on it or on a plate or badge attached to it.\n(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply to the keeper of a dog—\n(a) which is a member of a pack of hounds; or\n(b) while that dog is being judged at a competition; or\n(c) while that dog is being used for—\n(i) any sporting purposes;\n(ii) the capture or destruction of vermin;\n(iii) the purpose of driving or tending sheep or cattle.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/132/regulation/6",
    "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."
}