Article 10 Registration in respect of guard dog kennels

Northern Ireland

(1)

An application for registration shall be made to the district council for the district in which the guard dog kennels named in the application are situated.

(2)

A person who is disqualified for keeping a dog underF1 Article 33A orF2section 33 of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 shall not be registered in respect of guard dog kennels.

(3)

The district council shall register an applicant in respect of the guard dog kennels named in an application and issue to him a certificate of registration.

(4)

Registration shall be for such period as may be specified in the certificate of registration.

(5)

Where—

(a)

a person is convicted of any offence under this Order or under F3Part 2 of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011; or

(b)

the kennels named in an application for registration or in respect of which a person is registered do not comply with regulations under paragraph (6)(a);

the district council may refuse the application for registration or, as the case may be, cancel the registration of that person in respect of the guard dog kennels.

(6)

Regulations may—

(a)

make provision as to the construction, and operation, of guard dog kennels;

(b)

make provision as to the information to be supplied on any application for registration under this Article.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: 1991 NI 21
F2: Words in art. 10(2) substituted (11.7.2011) by Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 16), ss. 57(1), 59, Sch. 4 para. 1 (with ss. 1(2), 52(1), 53, 54); S.R. 2011/245, art. 2, Sch. 1
F3: Words in art. 10(5)(a) substituted (11.7.2011) by Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 16), ss. 57(1), 59, Sch. 4 para. 2 (with ss. 1(2), 52(1), 53, 54); S.R. 2011/245, art. 2, Sch. 1