{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-animals-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2014/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-animals-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2014/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2014/54",
  "legislation_title": "The Importation of Animals (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/importation-of-animals-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Animals\nMade 27th February 2014\nComing into operation 1st April 2014\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 5(1), 19(e) and (i), 20(1) and (2), 21(a), 24(1) and (1A), 29(1) and (2) and 60(1), paragraph 2 of Part II, and paragraph 1 of Part III of Schedule 3 to the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, makes the following Order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of The Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Art. 17, S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Arts. 20 and 23, S.R. 1994 No. 11, S.R. 2004 No. 362 and S.R. 2006 No. 41 and the Diseases of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c.1)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/54/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:07:58.094729+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."
}