SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7 PROTECTION OF CERTAIN MAMMALS
The Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953
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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
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.