{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horses-protective-headgear-for-young-riders-northern-ireland-order-1990/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horses-protective-headgear-for-young-riders-northern-ireland-order-1990/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1990/2294",
  "legislation_title": "The Horses (Protective Headgear for Young Riders) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/horses-protective-headgear-for-young-riders-northern-ireland-order-1990",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.\n(2) In this Order—\n“horse” includes pony, mule, donkey or other equine animal;\n“regulations” means regulations under Article 4; and\n“road” does not include a footpath or bridleway but, subject to that, has the meaning given in Article 2(2) of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 .\n(3) For the purposes of the definition of “road” in paragraph (2)—\n(a) “footpath” means a way—\n(i) over which the public have a right of way on foot only; and\n(ii) which is not associated with a carriageway; and\n(b) “bridleway” means a way over which the public have the following, but no other, rights of way; a right of way on foot and a right of way on horseback or leading a horse, with or without a right to drive animals of any description along the way.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1981 NI 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1990/2294/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:46:25.419972+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."
}