{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-order-northern-ireland-2024/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-order-northern-ireland-2024/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2024/155",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-order-northern-ireland-2024",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Exemption from the prohibitions in Article 25A(3) of the Order",
  "text": "(1) The prohibition in Article 25A(3) of the Order does not apply to a dog if paragraph 2, 3 or 4 apply.\n(2) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) the district council issued a certificate of exemption in respect of the dog; and\n(b) the certificate of exemption remains valid.\n(3) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) an application for a certificate of exemption has been made, and the fee relating to that application has been paid, at or before the relevant time in respect of the dog; and\n(b) the applicant has not received notification of the determination of the application.\n(4) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) an application for a certificate of exemption was made and the fee relating to that application was paid, at or before the appointed day in respect of the dog;\n(b) the district council refused the application on or after 17th December 2024; and\n(c) the applicant has arranged for the dog to be euthanised by a veterinary surgeon within 14 days of the notification of the decision of the district council.\n(5) A certificate of exemption ceases to be valid under paragraph (2)(b)—\n(a) on the failure to comply with any condition attached to the certificate of exemption; or\n(b) where the keeper named in the certificate of exemption has died on—\n(i) the date on which a certificate of exemption is issued following an application under Article 6(7) in respect of the same dog;\n(ii) the date on which an application made under Article 6(7) is refused by the district council; or\n(iii) the date which is three months after the original keeper’s date of death, where no such application is made at or before the appointed day.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 5 in operation at 9.8.2024, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2024/155/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:39:04.541965+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."
}