Control of Dogs (Amendment) Act, 1992

General dog licences.

2.—(1) Section 1 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “general dog licence”:

“‘general dog licence’ means a licence entitling a person to keep an unspecified number of dogs at a premises specified in the licence, one premises only being so specified;”.

(2) Subsection (1) of section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a):

“(ii) a general dog licence relating to the premises where the dog is kept, or”,

(b) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) take possession, unless he is the holder of a general dog licence relating to the premises where the dog is intended to be kept, of a dog, pursuant to a change of ownership, before the issue of a dog licence in respect of that dog, or”,

and

(c) the insertion in paragraph (c) after “general dog licence” of “relating to the premises where the dog is intended to be kept”.

(3) Section 3 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (2) of “such person at the premises specified in the licence” for “such person”.

(4) The amendments effected by this section shall not, during the currency of a general dog licence held by a person immediately before the commencement of this section, have effect in relation to the person.