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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-scheduled-operations-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/380",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare of Animals (Scheduled Operations) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WELFARE OF ANIMALS\nMade 14th August 2003\nTo be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000\nComing into operation 29th September 2003\nThe Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 14(3) of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I.) Article 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 7 (N.I.)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/380/introduction",
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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."
}