{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1906/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1906/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/6/32",
  "legislation_title": "Dogs Act 1906",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1906",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Application of Act to Scotland.",
  "text": "This Act shall apply to Scotland with the following modifications:—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) The expression “police officer” shall mean a constable within the meaning of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012:\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 8(a) repealed by Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77), Sch. 5 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77), Sch. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 8 substituted (S.) (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Modifications and Savings) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/119), art. 1, sch. 1 para. 1(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 8(c) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 8(d) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1927 (c. 42)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/6/32/section/8",
    "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."
}