{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-animals-protection-order-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-animals-protection-order-northern-ireland-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/460",
  "legislation_title": "Export of Animals (Protection) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/export-of-animals-protection-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nMade 30th September 1996\nComing into operation 1st November 1996\nThe Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 5(1)(a) and (b), 19(h), 21, 23(b), 23A, 44 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": "S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Article 17 and S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Articles 23(1) and (2), 24(1) and Schedule"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/460/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}