{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equine-viral-arteritis-order-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equine-viral-arteritis-order-northern-ireland-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/274",
  "legislation_title": "Equine Viral Arteritis Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equine-viral-arteritis-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nMade 3rd July 1996\nComing into operation 24th July 1996\nThe Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 5(1), 10(6), 19(e), (f), (g) and (k), 44, 46(7A) and 60(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "As substituted by S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Art. 20"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "As inserted by S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Art. 22"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 17 and S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Arts. 23(1) and (2) and 24(1) and Schedule"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/274/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:35:15.394478+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."
}