{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-4.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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Persons to whom dog licences may be issued",
  "text": "(1) The person to whom a dog licence is issued shall be the keeper of the dog.\n(2) The following persons shall be disqualified for obtaining or holding a dog licence—\n(a) a person disqualified for keeping a dog under Article 33A orsection 33 of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011;\n(b) a person under the age of 16.\n(3) A dog licence purporting to be held by a person disqualified by paragraph (2) for holding a licence shall be void.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1991 NI 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 4(2)(a) substituted (11.7.2011) by Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 16), ss. 57(1), 59, Sch. 4 para. 1 (with ss. 1(2), 52(1), 53, 54); S.R. 2011/245, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1983/764/article/4",
    "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."
}