PART IILICENCES AND REGISTRATION

Licences

Persons to whom dog licences may be issued4.

(1)

The person to whom a dog licence is issued shall be the keeper of the dog.

(2)

The following persons shall be disqualified for obtaining or holding a dog licence—

(a)

a person disqualified for keeping a dog underF1 Article 33A orF2section 33 of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011;

(b)

a person under the age of 16.

(3)

A dog licence purporting to be held by a person disqualified by paragraph (2) for holding a licence shall be void.