Paragraph 3 Dangerous Dogs Act 1991

(1)

Section 4 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991^f1 (destruction and disqualification orders) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (9)—

(a)

in paragraph (a), for “High Court of Justiciary” substitute “appropriate Appeal Court”; and

(b)

after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)
In paragraph (a), “appropriate Appeal Court” means—

(i)
in the case of an appeal against an order made following summary conviction, the Sheriff Appeal Court; and

(ii)
in the case of an appeal against an order made following conviction on indictment, the High Court of Justiciary.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1991 c.65. Section 4 was amended by paragraph 2(3) of schedule 1 to the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 9).