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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-3/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/16",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
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  "number": "16",
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  "text": "(1) Where a person enters premises in exercise of a power of entry conferred by section 18(1), or by a warrant under section 18(4), that person may—\n(a) inspect an animal found on the premises;\n(b) remove a carcass found on the premises for the purposes of carrying out a post-mortem examination on it;\n(c) remove for those purposes the carcass of an animal destroyed on the premises in exercise of power conferred by section 17(3) or (4);\n(d) take a photograph of anything on the premises.\n(2) Where a person exercising a power of entry under section 18(1) is accompanied by another person under paragraph 6, the other person may exercise any power conferred by sub-paragraph (1) if that person is in the company of, and under the supervision of, the person exercising the power of entry.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/16/schedule/3/paragraph/16",
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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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