Control of Dogs Act, 1986

Offences and penalities.

27.—(1) Any person who keeps a dog without a licence contrary to section 2 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100 in respect of each such dog kept by such person.

(2) Any person who—

(a) takes or transfers possession of a dog before the issue of a licence in respect of the dog contrary to section 2 of this Act, or

(b) fails to comply with the provisions of section 13 (1) or 13 (2) of this Act, or

(c) fails to produce a licence when requested so to do under section 16 of this Act by a dog warden, or

(d) is in breach of any bye-law made by a local authority under section 17 of this Act, or

(e) is in breach of any regulation relating to any matter specified in section 19 (2) (d), (e), (f) or (g) of this Act,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100.

(3) Any person who—

(a) is in breach of any regulation made pursuant to section 19 (2) (a), (b) or (c) of this Act, or

(b) permits the carcase of any livestock to remain unburied contrary to section 24 of this Act,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500.

(4) Any person who—

(a) fails to comply with the provisions of section 9 (1) of this Act, or

(b) fails to comply with the provisions of section 10 (1) of this Act, or

(c) leads, or causes or permits to be led by any one person more than four greyhounds at a time in a public place contrary to section 10 (2) of this Act, or

(d) keeps a dog while he is disqualified from holding a licence under section 18 of this Act,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500, or, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month, or, at the discretion of the court, to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(5) The Minister may, by regulations, vary the maximum amount of a fine specified in subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) of this section or in section 9 or section 16 of this Act.

(6) Where regulations are proposed to be made under subsection (5) of this section, a draft of the regulations shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the regulations shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.