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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-dog-control-orders-prescribed-offences-and-penalties-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "nidsr/2011/9780337986154",
  "legislation_title": "The Dog Control Orders (Prescribed Offences and Penalties, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-dog-control-orders-prescribed-offences-and-penalties-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), it is an offence for any person when being in charge of a dog on land to which a dog control order (described as a “Dogs on Leads Order” in the form of order set out below) applies, not to keep the dog on a lead or on a lead of a maximum length prescribed in the order, at any time or during such times or periods as may be specified in the order.\n(2) No offence is committed where the person has a reasonable excuse for failing to keep the dog on a lead, or the owner, occupier or other person or authority having control of the land has consented (generally or specifically) to the person failing to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2011/9780337986154/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:41:23.081263+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."
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