PART IILICENCES AND REGISTRATION

Licences

Persons to whom dog licences may be issued4

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 underF1 Article 33A orF2section 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.