{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1906/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1906/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/6/32",
  "legislation_title": "Dogs Act 1906",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1906",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Burying of carcases.",
  "text": "Any person who shall knowingly and without reasonable excuse permit the carcase of any head of cattle belonging to him or under his control to remain unburied in a field or other place to which dogs can gain access shall be liable on conviction under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6 repealed (W.) (12.5.2006) by Animal By-Products (Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1293), regs. 1, 53(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 6 repealed (E.) (28.9.2005) by Animal By-Products Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2347), regs. 1, 54(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words inserted by Dogs (Amendment) Act 1928 (c. 21), s. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/6/32/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:22:54.972813+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."
}