The Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 No. 764 (NI. 8)

PART II N.I. LICENCES AND REGISTRATION

Licences N.I.

Persons to whom dog licences may be issued N.I.

4.—(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 under[F1 Article 33A or][F2 section 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.

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