Version Superseded: 06/04/2008
Point in time view as at 01/04/1996.
Environmental Protection Act 1990, Cross Heading: Stray dogs is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
3(1)The following provisions of the M1Dogs Act 1906 shall be amended as follows.
(2)The amendments made to section 3 by section 39(2) of the M2Local Government Act 1988 and section 128(1)(a) of the M3Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 shall cease to have effect.
(3)In section 4—
(a)subsection (1) shall be omitted;
(b)in subsection (2), for the words “so taken to a police station” there shall be substituted the words “ taken to a police station in pursuance of section 150(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 ”;
(c)in subsection (2)(a), for the words from “his name and address” to “other” there shall be substituted the words “ this fact and shall furnish his name and address and the police officer shall, having complied with the procedure (if any) prescribed under subsection (5) below, allow the finder to remove the dog ”;
(d)in subsection (3), for the words from “fails” to “section” there shall be substituted the words “ removes the dog but fails to keep it for at least one month, ”; and
(e)after subsection (3) or, as respects Scotland, subsection (4) there shall be inserted as subsection (4) or subsection (5) the following subsection—
“(0)The Secretary of State may, by regulations made by statutory instrument, prescribe the procedure to be followed under subsection (2)(a) above and any instrument containing regulations under this subsection shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”
Commencement Information
I1 Sch. 15 para. 3 wholly in force at 1.4.1992 see S.I. 1992/266, art. 3
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