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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-order-northern-ireland-2011/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2011/440",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-order-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Designation",
  "text": "The Department is the competent authority for the purposes of—\n(a) Articles 3(g) and (h), 10(3)(b), 22(3), 23, 32(1)(b)(i), 33(2), 34 and 35 of the Pets Regulation,\n(b) Article 2(1) of Decision 2007/25/EC, and\n(c) article 10 of this Order",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 3 substituted (23.7.2015) by The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/282), arts. 1, 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in operation at 1.1.2012, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/440/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:18:20.116448+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."
}