{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-51.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/51",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Expenses of veterinary examination recoverable from dog owner",
  "text": "Where a veterinary surgeon examines a dog under Article 41(1)(b), and the owner of the dog is subsequently convicted of an offence under this Order, the amount of the expenses incurred by the district council in that examination shall be a debt recoverable summarily by the council from the owner of the dog.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1983/764/article/51",
    "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."
}