{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-order-2015/article-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-order-2015/article-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/138",
  "legislation_title": "The Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-order-2015",
  "path": "article/15",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Court determination",
  "text": "(1) The court may only grant the application for substitution of the applicant as the person in charge of an exempted dog if satisfied that the dog does not constitute a danger to public safety.\n(2) In determining whether the dog constitutes a danger to public safety the court—\n(a) must consider—\n(i) the temperament of the dog including its past behaviour; and\n(ii) whether the applicant is a fit and proper person to be in charge of the dog; and\n(b) may consider any other relevant circumstances.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/138/article/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:48:54.982473+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."
}