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(1)The M1Dogs Act 1906 shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of this section.
F1(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)Section 3 shall be amended as follows for the purpose of extending the powers of seizure and detention of stray dogs to those found on land or premises other than highways or places of public resort—
(a)in subsection (1), after the word “resort” there shall be inserted the words “or on any other land or premises”; and
(b)after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(1A)The powers under subsection (1) of this section shall not be exercised in relation to a dog found on any land or premises other than a highway or place of public resort unless the owner or occupier of the land or premises has consented to such exercise.”
F1(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5)Any enactment in any local Act which amends section 3 or confers powers on a local authority (within the meaning of that section) in relation to that section as it applies to the area of the local authority shall cease to have effect.
(6)This section shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning on the day on which this Act is passed.
(7)This section extends to England and Wales only.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 39(2)(4) repealed (1.4.1992) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(2), Sch. 16 Pt. IX; S.I. 1992/266, art.3
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