14. A certificate of registration issued in respect of guard dog kennels F1... shall be kept affixed in a conspicuous place in the kennels F2..., and, if default is made in complying with this Article, the person keeping the kennels F2... shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50.
F1Words in art. 14 omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/43), regs. 1, 21(6)(a)
F2Words in art. 14 omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/43), regs. 1, 21(6)(b)
15.—(1) Each district council shall keep a register of—
(a)all dog licences and block licences issued by the council which are for the time being in force [F4and],
(b)guard dog kennels, F5...
F6(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
which shall be in such form and contain such particulars as may be prescribed.
(2) A register kept under paragraph (1) may, at all reasonable hours, be inspected and copies of entries in the register taken, [F7free of charge.]
F3Words in art. 15 heading omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/43), regs. 1, 21(7)
F4Word in art. 15(1)(a) inserted (1.4.2013) by The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/43), regs. 1, 21(8)
F5Word in art. 15(1)(b) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/43), regs. 1, 21(9)
F6Art. 15(1)(c) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/43), regs. 1, 21(10)
F7Words in art. 15(2) substituted (28.7.2011) by Dogs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 9), ss. 17(1), 18(1), Sch. 1 para. 1; S.R. 2011/281, art. 2, Sch.
16. In any proceedings under this Order a document purporting to be a copy of an entry in a register of licences [F8or] guard dog kennels F9..., as the case may require, and purporting to be certified as such by a person authorised by the district council shall be evidence of the matters recorded in the entry.
F8Word in art. 16 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/43), regs. 1, 21(11)(i)
F9Words in art. 16 omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals (Dog Breeding Establishments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/43), regs. 1, 21(11)(ii)