{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fur-farming-prohibition-northern-ireland-order-2002/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2002/3151",
  "legislation_title": "The Fur Farming (Prohibition) (Northern Ireland) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fur-farming-prohibition-northern-ireland-order-2002",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Offences relating to fur farming",
  "text": "(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he keeps animals solely or primarily—\n(a) for slaughter (whether by himself or another) for the value of their fur; or\n(b) for breeding progeny for such slaughter.\n(2) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he knowingly causes or permits another person to keep animals as mentioned in paragraph (1).\n(3) A reference in this Article to keeping animals for slaughter or to breeding progeny for slaughter includes keeping or (as the case may be) breeding them for sale for slaughter.\n(4) A person who is guilty of an offence under this Article shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £20,000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2002/3151/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:30.100105+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."
}