2009 No. 396
Dogs
The Dogs (Licensing and Identification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
Made 27th November 2009
Coming into operation 1st January 2010

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 31(1) of the Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983:
The Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Article 3(4) of the Departments Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1))
S.I. 1983/764 (N.I. 8) as amended by S.I. 1991/2292 (N.I. 21) and 2001 c.1

1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Dogs (Licensing and Identification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2010.

2 Amendment of the Dogs (Licensing and Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1983
For Schedule 8 to the Dogs (Licensing and Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1983 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
S.R. 1983 No. 378 as amended by S.R. 2005 No. 587

3 Revocation
The Dogs (Licensing and Identification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 are revoked.
S.R. 2005 No. 587
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 27th November 2009.
C. McMaster A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
SCHEDULE

“SCHEDULE 8 LICENCE IDENTIFICATION
Regulation 7(2)
Period during which licence is issued	Shape	Dimensions	Colour
From 1st January 2010 up to and including 31st December 2010	Oval	Major axis not more than 3.5 cms and not less than 3 cms. Minor axis not more than 2.5 cms and not less than 2cms.	Blue
From 1st January 2011 up to and including 31st December 2011	Oval	Major axis not more than 3.5 cms and not less than 3 cms. Minor axis not more than 2.5 cms and not less than 2cms.	Orange
From 1st January 2012 up to and including 31st December 2012	Oval	Major axis not more than 3.5 cms and not less than 3 cms. Minor axis not more than 2.5 cms and not less than 2cms.	Green
From 1st January 2013 up to and including 31st December 2013	Oval	Major axis not more than 3.5 cms and not less than 3 cms. Minor axis not more than 2.5 cms and not less than 2cms.	Yellow”

Regulation 2

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Dogs (Licensing and Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1983 by setting out, for the period 1st January 2010 up to and including 31st December 2013, the shape, dimensions and colour of licence identification discs issued by district councils.
While the shape and dimensions of the disc remain unchanged throughout the period, its colour varies each year so that it must be blue where a dog licence or block licence is issued in 2010, orange where such a licence is issued in 2011, green where such a licence is issued in 2012, and yellow where such a licence is issued in 2013.
The Regulations revoke the Dogs (Licensing and Identification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005.