{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-dangerous-wild-animals-northern-ireland-order-2004/article-8",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110491467",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Wild Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-dangerous-wild-animals-northern-ireland-order-2004",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Restriction on transferring ownership of dangerous wild animals",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and Article 9(10), an owner of a dangerous wild animal who gives or sells that animal to another person shall not part with possession of that animal unless that other person has produced a licence authorising him to keep the animal in question.\n(2) This Article shall not apply where a dangerous wild animal is given or sold to a person who proposes to keep that animal in any premises or place within Article 7(1).\n(3) Any person acting in contravention of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110491467/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:24:05.661612+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."
}