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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-control-orders-miscellaneous-provisions-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-4/paragraph-3n2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-control-orders-miscellaneous-provisions-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-4/paragraph-3n2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2007/702",
  "legislation_title": "The Dog Control Orders (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-control-orders-miscellaneous-provisions-wales-regulations-2007",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3n2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Offence",
  "text": "(1) A person in charge of a dog shall be guilty of an offence if, [at any time] [during the [times] [periods] specified in Schedule 2], that person takes the dog onto, or permits the dog to enter or to remain on, any land to which this Order applies unless—\n(a) that person has a reasonable excuse for doing so; or\n(b) the owner, occupier or other person or authority having control of the land has consented (generally or specifically) to that person doing so.\n(2) Nothing in this article applies to a person who—\n(a) is registered as a blind person in a register compiled under section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948; or\n(b) is deaf, in respect of a dog trained by Hearing Dogs for Deaf People (registered charity number 293358) and upon which that person relies for assistance; or\n(c) has a disability which affects that person’s mobility, manual dexterity, physical co-ordination or ability to lift, carry or otherwise move everyday objects, in respect of a dog trained by a prescribed charity and upon which that person relies for assistance.\n(3) For the purposes of this article—\n(a) a person who habitually has a dog in their possession is taken to be in charge of the dog at any time unless at that time some other person is in charge of the dog; and\n(b) each of the following is a “prescribed charity”—\n(i) Dogs for the Disabled (registered charity number 700454);\n(ii) Support Dogs (registered charity number 1088281);\n(iii) Canine Partners for Independence (registered charity number 803680).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Specify whichever of the options in square brackets is to apply."
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "wsi/2016/211",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016"
    },
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      "affecting": "wsi/2016/211",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/702/schedule/4/paragraph/3n2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:01:34.628149+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."
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