# The Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015, Article 25: Additional requirements

Extent: E+W

Where a dog is released to the person in interim charge under this Part the person in interim charge must comply with the following additional requirements—
(a) where the owner or person in charge of the dog is a natural person—
(i) to keep the dog at the same address as the person;
(ii) to notify the police of any proposed change of address;
(b) where the owner is a rehoming organisation—
(i) to ensure that the dog lives at the premises specified by the police at all times, except where the dog is relocated from those premises to other premises in the event of a fire or other emergency;
(ii) where, in the event of a fire or other emergency, the dog is relocated from the premises specified by the police under sub-paragraph (i) to other premises, to notify the police of the change of premises and the address of the premises to which the dog has been relocated;
(iii) to ensure that a sufficient number of staff are present daily at the premises where the dog is living to provide for the care and management of the dogs being kept at those premises;
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(d) to provide access to the dog for the purpose of reading a microchip on request by a person specified in section 5(1) of the Act;
(e) to keep the dog in sufficiently secure conditions to prevent its escape;
(f) to keep the dog muzzled and on a lead when in a public place; and
(g) any other requirement for the purpose of preventing the dog being a danger to public safety considered appropriate by the chief officer of police for the area in which the dog was seized.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/138/article/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-order-2015/article-25
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