{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-order-2023/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-order-2023/article-9.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/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Neutering",
  "text": "(A1) The holder of a certificate of exemption in respect of a dog that was at least 12 months old on the appointed day must—\n(a) ensure that the dog is neutered on or before the relevant date; and\n(b) provide the Secretary of State, on or before 26th July 2024, with such evidence as the Secretary of State may reasonably require which confirms that the dog was neutered in accordance with sub-paragraph (a).\n(1) The holder of a certificate of exemption in respect of a dog that was less than 12 months old on the appointed day must, on or before the relevant date, provide the Secretary of State with such evidence as the Secretary of State may reasonably require that the dog in respect of which the certificate has been issued has been neutered.\n(2) In this article—\n“neutered” means—\n(a)in relation to a male dog, castrated;\n(b)in relation to a female dog, spayed;\n“relevant date” means—\n(a)in relation to a dog that was at least 12 months old on the appointed day, 30th June 2024;\n(b)in relation to a dog that was at least 7 months old but less than 12 months old on the appointed day, 31st December 2024;\n(c)in relation to a dog that was less than 7 months old on the appointed day, 30th June 2025.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 9(A1) inserted (20.6.2024) by The Dangerous Dogs (Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/721), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(1) inserted (20.6.2024) by The Dangerous Dogs (Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/721), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(2) substituted (20.6.2024) by The Dangerous Dogs (Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/721), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 9(2) substituted (5.12.2024) by The Dangerous Dogs (Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1149), arts. 1(2), 3(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 9 in force at 14.11.2023, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1204/article/9",
    "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."
}