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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-48.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2011/16",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Power to stop and detain vehicles",
  "text": "(1) A constable in uniform or, if accompanied by such a constable, an inspector may stop and detain a vehicle for the purpose of entering and searching it in the exercise of a power conferred—\n(a) by section 18(1), or\n(b) by a warrant under section 18(4) or 22(1).\n(2) A constable in uniform may stop and detain a vehicle for the purpose of entering and searching it in the exercise of a power conferred—\n(a) by section 21(2), or\n(b) by a warrant under section 21(4).\n(3) If accompanied by a constable in uniform, an inspector may stop and detain a vehicle for the purpose of entering it and carrying out an inspection in the exercise of a power conferred—\n(a) by section 24(2), 25(2), 26(2), 27(2) or 28(2), or\n(b) by a warrant under section 26(4) or 27(4).\n(4) A vehicle may be detained for as long as is reasonably required to permit a search or inspection to be carried out (including the exercise of any related power under this Act) either at the place where the vehicle was first detained or nearby.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/16/section/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:48.924782+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."
}