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Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, Section 69 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 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. Help about Changes to Legislation

69Section 67: supplementaryE+W
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(1)The court by which an order under section 67 is made may—

(a)appoint a person to carry out, or arrange for the carrying out of, the order;

(b)require any person who has possession of a dog to which the order applies to deliver it up to enable the order to be carried out;

(c)give directions with respect to the carrying out of the order;

(d)confer additional powers (including power to enter premises where a dog to which the order applies is being kept) for the purpose of, or in connection with, the carrying out of the order;

(e)order the person who committed the offence in relation to which the order was made, or another person, to reimburse the expenses of carrying out the order.

(2)A person who fails to comply with a requirement imposed under subsection (1)(b) commits an offence.

(3)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(4)Directions under subsection (1)(c) may—

(a)specify the manner in which a dog is to be disposed of, or

(b)delegate the decision about the manner in which a dog is to be disposed of to a person appointed under subsection (1)(a).

(5)In determining how to exercise its powers under section 67 and this section the court is to have regard (amongst other things) to—

(a)the desirability of protecting the value of any dog to which the order under section 67 applies, and

(b)the desirability of avoiding increasing any expenses which a person may be ordered to reimburse.

(6)In determining how to exercise a power delegated under subsection (4)(b), a person is to have regard, amongst other things, to the things mentioned in subsection (5)(a) and (b).

(7)If the owner of a dog ordered to be disposed of under section 67 is subject to a liability by virtue of subsection (1)(e), any amount to which the owner is entitled as a result of sale of the dog may be reduced by an amount equal to that liability.

(8)Any sum ordered to be paid under subsection (1)(e) is to be treated for the purposes of enforcement as if it were a fine imposed on conviction.

(9)In this section references to disposing of a dog do not include—

(a)destroying it, or

(b)disposing of it for the purposes of vivisection.

Commencement Information

I1S. 69 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 208(1)

I2S. 69 in force at 1.8.2022 by S.I. 2022/520, reg. 7

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