The Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (England and Wales) Order 2023

PART 2 Compensation scheme

Application for compensation

3.—(1) A person who owns a dog and arranges for the dog to be euthanised by a veterinarian before the appointed day may apply to the Secretary of State for the payment of the sums specified in paragraph (3).

(2) An application under paragraph (1) must—

(a) contain such particulars, be in such form and be accompanied by such evidence as the Secretary of State may reasonably require; and

(b) be made on or before 15th March 2024.

(3) If, on receipt of an application under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State is satisfied that the application and any accompanying evidence meets the requirements in paragraph (2), the Secretary of State must arrange for the following sums to be paid to the applicant—

(a) where the applicant is a natural person or a licensed person—

(i) £100 in respect of the dog; and

(ii) £100 in respect of the cost of euthanising the dog;

(b) otherwise, £100 in respect of the cost of euthanising the dog.

(4) In this article—

“licensed person”, in relation to a dog identified in an application under paragraph (1), means a legal person who, immediately prior to the euthansia of the dog, held a licence under—

(a)

the Pet Animals Act 1951(1);

(b)

the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973(2);

(c)

the Animal Welfare (Breeding of Dogs) (Wales) Regulations 2014(3);

(d)

the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018(4) which was granted in respect of an activity described in Part 2 or 5 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations (Licensable Activities); or

(e)

the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021(5);

“veterinarian” means a person registered in the register of veterninary surgeons or the supplementary veterinary register kept under the Veterninary Surgeons Act 1966(6).

(1)

1951 c. 35 (14 & 15 Geo 6); section 1(1) was repealed with saving provision in relation to England by regulation 27(1) of, and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 9 to, S.I. 2018/486, and in relation to Wales by regulation 25 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 to, S.I. 2021/416 (W. 135).

(2)

1973 c. 60; the whole Act was repealed with saving provision in relation to England by regulation 27(5) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 9 to, S.I. 2018/486, and was repealed in relation to Wales by regulation 2 of S.I. 2014/3266 (W. 333).

(3)

S.I. 2014/3266 (W. 333).

(4)

S.I. 2018/486, amended by S.I. 2019/1093, S.I. 2021/416.

(5)

S.I. 2021/416 (W. 135).

(6)

1966 c. 36; section 2(2) was amended by paragraph 1 of the Schedule to S.I. 2003/2919, paragraph 2(a) and (b) of the Schedule to S.I. 2008/1824 and regulation 2(3) of S.I. 2019/454.