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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Northern Ireland Statutory Rule: The Welfare of Animals (Docking of Working Dogs' Tails and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 No. 387
5.—(1) An inspector may require the owner of a subsection (4) dog to produce the certificate referred to in regulations 3 and 4 for inspection within 7 days of the request by the inspector.
(2) An inspector may inspect and take copies of any certificate produced for inspection.
(3) The certificate referred to in regulations 3 and 4 must be retained by the owner of the dog for the lifetime of the dog or transferred to a new owner where the dog changes ownership.
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