{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-order-northern-ireland-2024/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-compensation-and-exemption-schemes-order-northern-ireland-2024/article-6.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/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Application for a certificate of exemption",
  "text": "(1) The keeper of a dog may apply to the district council for a certificate of exemption in the respect of that dog.\n(2) A rehoming organisation may apply to the district council for a certificate of exemption in respect of a dog if—\n(a) the dog was taken into its care before 5th July 2024; or\n(b) the dog is a puppy born before the appointed day to a female dog which was in the care of the rehoming organisation at the time of its birth, having been taken into the care of the rehoming organisation before 5th July 2024.\n(3) An application for a certificate of exemption must contain such particulars, be in such form and be accompanied by such evidence as the district council may reasonably require for the purpose of satisfying itself that—\n(a) the dog is one to which Article 25A of the Order applies;\n(b) the applicant is either—\n(i) the keeper; or\n(ii) a rehoming organisation applying for a certificate of exemption for a dog to which paragraph 2(a) or (b) applies.\n(4) The applicant must pay a fee of £92.40 to the district council for a certificate of exemption.\n(5) On receipt of an application for a certificate of exemption, the district council must grant the application and issue a certificate of exemption in respect of the dog to which the application relates if—\n(a) the application for the certificate is made at or before the relevant time unless the court has made an order in respect of the dog under Article 33(1), 33(1A) or 33(1B) of the Order);\n(b) the district council are satisfied that the application meets the requirements referred to in paragraph (3);\n(c) the application fee referred to in paragraph (4) has been paid to the district council; and\n(d) the application fee has been received by the district council at or before the relevant time unless the court has made an order referred to in sub-paragraph (a) in respect of the dog.\n(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5) and unless paragraph (7) applies, and application is made, and the application fee in relation to that application is paid, at or before the appointed day, if—\n(a) the application and the application fee are received by the district council by post on or before 15th December 2024;\n(b) the application and the application fee are submitted electronically on or before the appointed day.\n(7) Where the keeper named on a certificate of exemption has died, a person who has inherited the dog identified in that certificate of exemption may apply for a certificate of exemption in respect of that dog if an application—\n(a) is made and the application fee is paid within three months from the date of death of the keeper; and\n(b) meets the requirements in paragraphs (3) and (4).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 6 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/6",
    "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."
}