X13(1)At the end of subsection (2) of section 1 of the M1 Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 (penalty where dog worries livestock on agricultural land) there shall be inserted the words “or E+W+S
(c)being at large (that is to say not on a lead or otherwise under close control) in a field or enclosure in which there are sheep”.
(2)After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(2A)Subsection (2)(c) of this section shall not apply in relation to—
(a)a dog owned by, or in charge of, the occupier of the field or enclosure or the owner of the sheep or a person authorised by either of those persons ; or
(b)a police dog, a guide dog, a trained sheep dog, a working gun dog or a pack of hounds.”
Editorial Information
X1The text of Sch. 7 paras. 3-12 and Sch. 10 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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