{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1983/764",
  "legislation_title": "The Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-northern-ireland-order-1983",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Registers of licences, guard dog kennels ...",
  "text": "(1) Each district council shall keep a register of—\n(a) all dog licences and block licences issued by the council which are for the time being in force and,\n(b) guard dog kennels, ...\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nwhich shall be in such form and contain such particulars as may be prescribed.\n(2) A register kept under paragraph (1) may, at all reasonable hours, be inspected and copies of entries in the register taken, free of charge.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 15(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/43), regs. 1, 21(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in art. 15(1)(b) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/43), regs. 1, 21(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 15(1)(c) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/43), regs. 1, 21(10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 15(2) substituted (28.7.2011) by Dogs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 9), ss. 17(1), 18(1), Sch. 1 para. 1; S.R. 2011/281, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 15 heading omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/43), regs. 1, 21(7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1983/764/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:22.566095+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."
}