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General dog licences.
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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”:
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“‘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;”.
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(2) Subsection (1) of section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—
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(a) the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a):
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“(ii) a general dog licence relating to the premises where the dog is kept, or”,
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(b) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):
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“(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”,
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and
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(c) the insertion in paragraph (c) after “general dog licence” of “relating to the premises where the dog is intended to be kept”.
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(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”.
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(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.
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