{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-amendment-order-2026/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-amendment-order-2026/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/602",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Dogs (Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-amendment-order-2026",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) Order 2023",
  "text": "(1) The Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) Order 2023 is amended as follows.\n(2) In article 7 (certificate of exemption), in paragraph (c)—\n(a) after sub-paragraph (vi), insert—\n“(via) to ensure that the dog does not come into close contact with a child under the age of 12 in any place, other than a public place, unless the dog or the child is being supervised by a person (whether the holder of the certificate or some other person) who is over the age of 18;”;\n(b) omit sub-paragraph (viii).\n(3) Omit article 8 (third-party insurance).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2023/1204, amended by S.I. 2024/1149; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/602/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:00:21.507506+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."
}