Version Superseded: 29/06/2011
Point in time view as at 01/04/2002.
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Paragraph 3 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
X13(1)At the end of subsection (2) of section 1 of the M1 Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 (penalty where dog worries livestock on agricultural land) there shall be inserted the words “or E+W+S
(c)being at large (that is to say not on a lead or otherwise under close control) in a field or enclosure in which there are sheep”.
(2)After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(2A)Subsection (2)(c) of this section shall not apply in relation to—
(a)a dog owned by, or in charge of, the occupier of the field or enclosure or the owner of the sheep or a person authorised by either of those persons ; or
(b)a police dog, a guide dog, a trained sheep dog, a working gun dog or a pack of hounds.”
Editorial Information
X1The text of Sch. 7 paras. 3-12 and Sch. 10 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Marginal Citations
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