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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-act-northern-ireland-2011/schedule-3/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/16",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
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  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/17",
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  "number": "17",
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  "text": "A person commits an offence if that person—\n(a) intentionally obstructs a person in the lawful exercise of a power to which paragraph 8 or 11 applies;\n(b) intentionally obstructs a person in the lawful exercise of a power conferred by this Schedule;\n(c) fails without reasonable excuse to give any assistance which that person is required to give under paragraph 8.",
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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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