{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-37",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-37.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/37",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Payment of fixed penalty",
  "text": "(1) The fixed penalty payable in pursuance of a notice under Article 36 is payable to the district council whose officer gave the notice.\n(2) In any proceedings a certificate which—\n(a) purports to be signed on behalf of the clerk of the council, and\n(b) states that payment of a fixed penalty was or was not received by a date specified in the certificate,\nis evidence of the facts stated.\n(3) In this Article “clerk of the council”, in relation to a district council, means the clerk appointed in accordance with section 41 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (c. 9).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 37 substituted (3.10.2011) by Dogs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 9), ss. 12, 18(1); S.R. 2011/332, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1983/764/article/37",
    "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."
}