{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-order-1991/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-order-1991/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1744",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Dogs Compensation and Exemption Schemes Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-order-1991",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Neutering and Identification",
  "text": "(1) A male dog which is to be exempted from the provisions of section 1(3) of the Act shall be castrated, and a female dog which is to be so exempted shall be spayed, in either case by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner, ....\n(2) A person wishing to claim exemption shall provide the Agency with such evidence as they may require of the fact that the requirements of paragraph (1) have been met.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Order revoked (E.W.) (3.3.2015) by The Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/138), art. 1(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 7(1) substituted (21.10.1991) by The Dangerous Dogs Compensation and Exemption Schemes (Amendment) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/2297), arts. 1, 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 7(1) omitted (S.) (1.4.2024) by virtue of The Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (Scotland) Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/70), arts. 1(1), 13(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 7 in force at 12.8.1991, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1744/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:40:11.349656+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."
}