{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-47.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/47",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Records",
  "text": "The Department may, by order, require any person who keeps—\n(a) guard dog kennels;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) a petshop within the meaning of section 12(1) of the 1972 c. 7 (N.I.) Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972; or\n(d) any establishment to which an order under Article 46 applies; or\n(e) any premises in respect of which a block licence is in force;\nto keep such records of births, deaths, acquisitions and disposals of dogs as may be specified in the order and to permit an officer to inspect, to remove for further inspection, and to copy information from, such records.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 47(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(17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 47(e) and preceding word inserted (28.7.2011) by Dogs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 9), ss. 17(1), 18(1), Sch. 1 para. 4; S.R. 2011/281, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2011/16",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1983/764/article/47",
    "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."
}