Version Superseded: 22/07/2004
Point in time view as at 07/11/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Local Government Act 1988, Section 38.
(1)The duty charged under the M1Dog Licences Act 1959 on licences for dogs is hereby abolished.
(2)In section 1 of the M2Protection of Animals (Cruelty to Dogs) Act 1933 (disqualification for keeping a dog of any person convicted of cruelty to dogs), at the end there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(5)For the purposes of this section a person shall be presumed, until the contrary is shown, to keep a dog—
(a)if it is found or seen in that person’s custody, charge or possession, or in his house or premises;
(b)in the case of hounds, if he is their owner or master.”
(3)In section 1 of the M3Protection of Animals (Cruelty to Dogs) (Scotland) Act 1934 (disqualification for keeping a dog of any person convicted of cruelty to dogs), at the end there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(5)For the purposes of this section a person shall be presumed, until the contrary is shown, to keep a dog—
(a)if it is found or seen in that person’s custody, charge or possession, or in his house or premises;
(b)in the case of hounds, if he is their owner or master.”
(4)This section shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.
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