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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sales-markets-and-lairs-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2006/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/241",
  "legislation_title": "The Sales, Markets and Lairs (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sales-markets-and-lairs-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Sales, Markets and Lairs Order (Northern Ireland) 1975, S.R. 1975 No. 294.\nThe prohibition on the offering or exposure for sale of cattle or swine in a public place is extended to include sheep and goats.\nArticle 9 is amended to include sheep and goats in the requirement for the provision of covered accommodation for the protection of calves, dairy cows in milk and swine.\nThe inclusion of Article 13A provides a requirement for the approval of all sheep sales other than in an approved market.\nArticle 15(3) is amended to include the requirements regarding movement documents for sheep and goats specified in The Sheep and Goats (Records, Identification and Movement) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005.\nArticle 23(1) is amended to require the separation of rams and male goats from other animals in a market or lair.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/241/note",
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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."
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