{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-cruelty-to-dogs-act-1933/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-cruelty-to-dogs-act-1933/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/23-24/17",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Animals (Cruelty To Dogs) Act 1933",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-cruelty-to-dogs-act-1933",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Power to remove disqualification.",
  "text": "A person who, by virtue of an order under this Act, is disqualified for keeping a dog and for holding and obtaining a dog licence may, at any time after the expiration of six months from the date of the order, and from time to time, apply to the court by which the order was made to remove the disqualification, and on any such application the court may, as it thinks proper, having regard to the character of the person disqualified and his conduct subsequent to the order, the nature of the offence, and any other circumstances of the case, either by order remove the disqualification as from such date as may be specified in the order or refuse the application :\nProvided that, where an application under this section is refused, a further application thereunder shall not be entertained if made within three months after the date of the refusal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/23-24/17/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:37:20.599279+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."
}