The Dangerous Dogs Compensation and Exemption Schemes (Amendment) Order 1991

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by subsections (5) and (6) of section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991[^f00001] I hereby make the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Dangerous Dogs Compensation and Exemption Schemes (Amendment) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 21st October 1991.

2

The Dangerous Dogs Compensation and Exemption Schemes Order 1991[^f00002] is hereby amended as follows—

• (a) in article 7(1) there shall be substituted for the words “registered veterinary practitioner” the words “veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner”;

• (b) in article 8(1)—

• (i) after the words “policy of insurance which” there shall be inserted the words “, subject to such terms, conditions, limitations and exclusions as may be contained in the policy,”,

• (ii) after the words “the person specified in the policy” there shall be inserted the words “(the policyholder)”, and

• (iii) after the words “caused by the dog” there shall be added the words “other than the death of, or bodily injury to, a member of the policyholder’s family who resides permanently with him or a person in respect of whom the policyholder is required to maintain a policy of insurance by virtue of the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969[^f00003].”;

• (c) in article 10(2), after paragraph (f), there shall be inserted—

(g) a requirement to keep the dog to which it relates muzzled and on a lead when in a public place.

Signed

Kenneth Baker — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 16th October 1991

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Dangerous Dogs Compensation and Exemption Schemes Order 1991 by providing that a dog may be neutered by a veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner; that the insurance policy in respect of the dog may contain conditions and need not cover family members or certain employees; and that it shall be a requirement of certificates of exemption that the dog be muzzled and on a lead in a public place.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1991 c. 65.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1991/1744.

[^f00003]: 1969 c. 57.

Editorial notes

[^key-f53497a1561402b72d3aeb7c3e58e3a0]: Art. 1 in force at 21.10.1991, see art. 1

[^key-8b3431e7a06fe64861b8594f829ec199]: Art. 2 in force at 21.10.1991, see art. 1

[^key-729070839a8f475772fa774aa106ccc7]: 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.