{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-order-2026/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-order-2026/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2026/204",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-order-2026",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (Scotland) Order 2024",
  "text": "(1) The Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (Scotland) Order 2024 is amended as follows.\n(2) In article 7(c) (certificate of exemption)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (iv), after “in force” insert “or does not require to be in force”,\n(b) in sub-paragraph (viii)—\n(i) for “confirmation” substitute “evidence”,\n(ii) after “in force” insert “or does not require to be in force”.\n(3) In article 8 (third-party insurance), after paragraph (3) insert—\n“(3A) Paragraphs (1) to (3) do not require an applicant for or holder of a certificate of exemption to obtain or renew a policy of insurance in respect of the dog on or after 1 July 2026.\n(3B) Paragraph (3A) is without prejudice to the requirement for a holder of a certificate of exemption to maintain in force a policy of insurance in respect of the dog obtained before 1 July 2026 where the cover provided by that policy has not yet expired.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2024/70."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/204/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:29:47.121068+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."
}