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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-2011-act-commencement-no-3-order-northern-ireland-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/386",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Animals (2011 Act) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-2011-act-commencement-no-3-order-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Animals\nMade 24th October 2012\nComing into operation 1st January 2013\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 59 of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see the Departments Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1)) Article 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2011 c.16 (NI)"
    }
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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."
}