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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-6",
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  "legislation": "nidsr/2012/9780337987960",
  "legislation_title": "The Docking of Working Dogs’ Tails (Certification and Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-docking-of-working-dogs-tails-certification-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Welfare of Animals (Permitted Procedures by Lay Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "text": "(1) The Welfare of Animals (Permitted Procedures by Lay Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) In Paragraph 3 (Other management procedures) of Part I of Schedule 3 (Sheep) omit “(1) Disbudding;” and re-number sub-paragraph (2) as (1).\n(3) Paragraph 3 (Other management procedures) of Part I of Schedule 4 (Goats) shall be omitted.\n(4) In Part II of Schedule 4 (Goats), paragraph 4 (Castration) and paragraph 5 (Implantation of a subcutaneous contraceptive) shall be re-numbered “3” and “4” accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2012 No.153"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2012/9780337987960/regulation/6",
    "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."
}