{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012.json",
  "id": "nidsr/2012/9780337987960",
  "title": "The Docking of Working Dogs’ Tails (Certification and Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "short_title": "Docking of Working Dogs’ Tails (Certification and Identification) 2012",
  "long_title": "Under section 6 of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011, certain working dogs may be exempted by regulation from the prohibition of the removal of the whole or any part of a dog’s tail, otherwise than for the purpose of medical treatment.",
  "citation": "Draft 2012, ISBN 9780337987960",
  "type": "nidsr",
  "year": "2012",
  "number": "9780337987960",
  "version": "current",
  "date": null,
  "revised": false,
  "valid_from": null,
  "extent": null,
  "unapplied_effects": 0,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/1",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Citation and commencement",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-1",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/2",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "Interpretation",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/3",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": "Certification requirements",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-3",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/4",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "4",
      "heading": "Identification of docked dogs",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-4",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/5",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "5",
      "heading": "Inspection of records",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-5",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/6",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "6",
      "heading": "Amendment of the Welfare of Animals (Permitted Procedures by Lay Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-6",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "regulation/7",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "number": "7",
      "heading": "Amendment of the Welfare of Farmed Animals Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-7",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "signature",
      "kind": "signature",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Signature",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/signature",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "schedule",
      "kind": "schedule",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "FORM OF CERTIFICATE",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/schedule",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "note",
      "kind": "note",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Explanatory note",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/note",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "made_under": [
    {
      "id": "nia/2011/16",
      "title": "Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-act-northern-ireland-2011",
      "provisions": [
        "section/5",
        "section/6",
        "section/11"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "changes_made_to": 0,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 0,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 0,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2012/9780337987960",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:41:17.057116+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."
}