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Article 47 Records

Northern Ireland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

The Department may, by order, require any person who keeps—

(a)

guard dog kennels;

F1(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)

a petshop within the meaning of section 12(1) of the 1972 c. 7 (N.I.) Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972; or

(d)

any establishment to which an order under Article 46 applies;F2 or

(e)

any premises in respect of which a block licence is in force;

to keep such records of births, deaths, acquisitions and disposals of dogs as may be specified in the order and to permit an officer to inspect, to remove for further inspection, and to copy information from, such records.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Art. 47(b) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/43), regs. 1, 21(17)

F2

Art. 47(e) and preceding word inserted (28.7.2011) by Dogs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 9), ss. 17(1), 18(1), Sch. 1 para. 4; S.R. 2011/281, art. 2, Sch.