Dogs (Licensing and Identification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made26th October 2001

Coming into operation1st January 2002

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development1, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 31(1) of the Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 19832 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and revocation1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Dogs (Licensing and Identification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2002.

2

The Dogs (Licensing and Identification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19853, the Dogs (Licensing and Identification) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19854 and the Dogs (Licensing and Identification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19975 are hereby revoked.

Amendment of the Dogs (Licensing and Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19832

For Schedule 8 to the Dogs (Licensing and Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19836 there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 26th October 2001.

R. S. JohnstonA senior officer of theDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 8Licence Identification
Regulation 7(2)
Period during which licence is issued
Shape
Dimensions
Colour
From 1st January 2002 up to and including 31st December 2002
Oval
Major axis not more than 3.5 cms and not less than 3 cms
Minor axis not more than 2.5 cms and not less than 2 cms.
Blue
From 1st January 2003 up to and including 31st December 2003
Oval
Major axis not more than 3.5 cms and not less than 3 cms.
Minor axis not more than 2.5 cms and not less than 2 cms.
Orange
From 1st January 2004 up to and including 31st December 2004
Oval
Major axis not more than 3.5 cms and not less than 3 cms.
Minor axis not more than 2.5 cms and not less than 2 cms.
Green
From 1st January 2005 up to and including 31st December 2005
Oval
Major axis not more than 3.5 cms and not less than 3 cms.
Minor axis not more than 2.5 cms and not less than 2 cms.
Yellow

Period during which licence is issued	Shape	Dimensions	Colour
From 1st January 2002 up to and including 31st December 2002	Oval	Major axis not more than 3.5 cms and not less than 3 cms Minor axis not more than 2.5 cms and not less than 2 cms.	Blue
From 1st January 2003 up to and including 31st December 2003	Oval	Major axis not more than 3.5 cms and not less than 3 cms. Minor axis not more than 2.5 cms and not less than 2 cms.	Orange
From 1st January 2004 up to and including 31st December 2004	Oval	Major axis not more than 3.5 cms and not less than 3 cms. Minor axis not more than 2.5 cms and not less than 2 cms.	Green
From 1st January 2005 up to and including 31st December 2005	Oval	Major axis not more than 3.5 cms and not less than 3 cms. Minor axis not more than 2.5 cms and not less than 2 cms.	Yellow

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Dogs (Licensing and Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1983 by setting out, for the period 1st January 2002 up to and including 31st December 2005, the shape, dimensions and colour of licence identification discs issued by district councils.

While the shape and dimensions of the disc remain unchanged throughout the period, its colour varies each year so that it must be blue where a dog licence or block licence is issued in 2002, orange where such a licence is issued in 2003, green where such a licence is issued in 2004, and yellow where such a licence is issued in 2005.

The Regulations also revoke the Dogs (Licensing and Identification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985, the Dogs (Licensing and Identification) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985 and the Dogs (Licensing and Identification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997.