{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/346",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ANIMALS\nMade 25th July 1997\nComing into operation 1st September 1997\nThe Department of Agriculture, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 5(1)(k), 19(b), (c), (e), (i) and (j), 21, 23, 23A(1) and (2), 44 and 60(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "As inserted by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Article 17(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "As substituted by S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Article 23(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1115 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 1984/702 (N.I. 2) Article 17(3) and S.I. 1994/1891 (N.I. 6) Articles 23(1) and (2) and 24(1) and Schedule and modified by S.R. 1994 No. 161 Article 4"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/346/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."
}