{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-order-2023/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-order-2023/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1204",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-order-2023",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Certificate of exemption",
  "text": "A certificate of exemption must—\n(a) contain a unique number (or combination of letters and figures);\n(b) contain information to identify the holder of the certificate and the dog to which the certificate applies; and\n(c) include conditions requiring the holder of the certificate—\n(i) to keep the dog at the same address as the holder except for any 30 days in a 12-month period;\n(ii) to notify the Secretary of State of any proposed change of address (other than in respect of any changes of address in the 30 days referred in paragraph (i));\n(iii) to notify the Secretary of State of the death or export of the dog;\n(iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(v) to keep the dog muzzled and on a lead when in a public place;\n(vi) to keep the dog in sufficiently secure conditions to prevent its escape;\n(vii) to provide access to the dog for the purposes of reading a microchip on request by a person specified in section 5(1) of the Act;\n(viii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ix) to produce to a person specified in section 5(1) of the Act the certificate of exemption within five days of being requested to do so by that person;\n(x) to satisfy the Secretary of State that the requirement in article 9 has been met in respect of the dog; and\n(xi) where applicable, to satisfy the Secretary of State that the requirements in article 10 have been met in respect of the dog.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 7(c)(iv) omitted (5.12.2024) by virtue of The Dangerous Dogs (Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1149), arts. 1(2), 3(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 7(c)(viii) omitted (1.7.2026) by virtue of The Dangerous Dogs (Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/602), arts. 1(2), 3(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 7 in force at 14.11.2023, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 5(1)(c) was amended in relation to England and Wales by section 106(5) of the Anti-social, Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/602",
      "affecting_title": "The Dangerous Dogs (Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1204/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:38:44.059807+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."
}