# The Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015, Article 9: Issue of certificate of exemption

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Agency must issue a certificate of exemption in respect of the dog if it is satisfied that—
(a) the court, in determining that the dog is not a danger to public safety, has decided the person to whom the certificate is to be issued is a fit and proper person to be in charge of the dog and has made the dog subject to a contingent destruction order;
(b) a fee of £92.40 has been paid to the Agency; and
(c) the conditions referred to in articles 6(1) and 7(1) have been met.
(2) Where the dog is a dog of the type known as the XL Bully that is owned by a rehoming organisation to which a certificate of exemption had been issued in respect of the dog under Part 2 of the Dangerous Dogs (Exemption Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2023, a certificate of exemption may not be issued by the Agency under paragraph (1) unless it is issued to that rehoming organisation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/138/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dangerous-dogs-exemption-schemes-england-and-wales-order-2015/article-9
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