{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-order-2015/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-order-2015/article-18.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/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Issue of certificate of exemption to the applicant",
  "text": "(1) The Agency must issue a new certificate of exemption to the applicant in respect of the dog if it is satisfied that—\n(a) the court has determined the person to be substituted as the person in charge of the dog as a fit and proper person to be in charge of the dog; and\n(b) a fee of £92.40 has been paid to the Agency; ...\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Article 10 (requirements attached to certificate of exemption) applies in relation to a new certificate of exemption issued under this article.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in art. 18(1) inserted (1.7.2026) by The Dangerous Dogs (Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/602), arts. 1(2), 2(6)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in art. 18(1)(b) substituted (5.12.2024) by The Dangerous Dogs (Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1149), arts. 1(2), 2(8)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 18(1)(c) and word omitted (1.7.2026) by virtue of The Dangerous Dogs (Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/602), arts. 1(2), 2(6)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/138/article/18",
    "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."
}