Article 4 Persons to whom dog licences may be issued

Northern Ireland

(1)

The person to whom a dog licence is issued shall be the keeper of the dog.

(2)

The following persons shall be disqualified for obtaining or holding a dog licence—

(a)

a person disqualified for keeping a dog underF1 Article 33A orF2section 33 of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011;

(b)

a person under the age of 16.

(3)

A dog licence purporting to be held by a person disqualified by paragraph (2) for holding a licence shall be void.

Annotations

F1: 1991 NI 21
F2: Words in art. 4(2)(a) 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