{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-improvement-act-northern-ireland-1968/section-1",
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  "legislation": "apni/1968/12",
  "legislation_title": "Poultry Improvement Act (Northern Ireland) 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/poultry-improvement-act-northern-ireland-1968",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Poultry improvement schemes.",
  "text": "Without prejudice to the powers exercisable by the Ministry of Agriculture (in this Act referred to as “the Ministry” ) under any other enactment, the Ministry may make schemes (in this Act referred to as “poultry improvement schemes” ) for the purposes of—\n(a)assisting the development of the poultry industry;\n(b)improving the profitability of poultry production and the quality of poultry products;\n(c)promoting the breeding and distribution of stocks of healthy poultry of good quality;\n(d)assisting the adaptation of poultry production to economic and technical change.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1979 NI 12"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1968/12/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:30:14.819136+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."
}