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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-control-orders-miscellaneous-provisions-wales-regulations-2007/schedule-5/paragraph-4",
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  "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/5/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Offence",
  "text": "(1) A person in charge of more than one dog is guilty of an offence if, [at any time][during the [times] [periods] specified in Schedule 2], that person takes onto any land in respect of which this Order applies more than the maximum number of dogs specified in article 3 of this Order, 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) For the purposes of this article 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.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2007/702/schedule/5/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:01:34.628149+00:00"
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  "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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