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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petshops-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petshops-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/405",
  "legislation_title": "Petshops Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/petshops-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WELFARE OF ANIMALS\nMade 21st December 2000\nComing into operation 5th February 2001\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 11(1) of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture. See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 7 (N.I.) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Article 16 and S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Article 12"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/405/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."
}