[F1 PART I E+W+S PRELIMINARY

Textual Amendments

F1 Order revoked (E.W.) (3.3.2015) by The Dangerous Dogs Exemption Schemes (England and Wales) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/138), art. 1(1), Sch.

1.— (1) This Order may be cited as the Dangerous Dogs Compensation and Exemption Schemes Order 1991 and shall come into force on 12th August 1991. E+W+S

(2) In this Order–

(a) “the Act” means the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991;

(b) “the Agency” means the person or body for the time being designated by the Secretary of State to discharge those functions under this Order, which, in pursuance thereof, are functions falling to be discharged by the Agency;

(c) “the appointed day” means the day appointed for the purposes of section 1(3) of the Act; and

(d) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an article is to an article of this Order and any reference in an article to a paragraph is to a paragraph of that article.

[F2 (3) In this Order, references to dogs do not include references to dogs of the type known as the XL Bully.]]

Textual Amendments

F2 Art. 1(3) inserted (S.) (1.4.2024) by The Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (Scotland) Order 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/70), arts. 1(1), 13(2)

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in force at 12.8.1991, see art. 1(1)