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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-27.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/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Control of guard dogs",
  "text": "The Department may by order—\n(a) prohibit the use of a guard dog at any place unless a person who is capable of controlling the dog is present at that place;\n(b) make provision as to the control to be exercised over a guard dog while it is being used as a guard dog.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1983/764/article/27",
    "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."
}