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RestrictStartDate="2023-03-07"><Number>CHAPTER 4</Number><Title>Other provisions</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/part/2/chapter/4/crossheading/offences-relating-to-hares-etc" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/part/2/chapter/4/crossheading/offences-relating-to-hares-etc" NumberOfProvisions="9" id="part-2-chapter-4-crossheading-offences-relating-to-hares-etc" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2022-08-01"><Title>Offences relating to hares etc</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2022-08-01" RestrictExtent="E+W"><Title>Section 67: supplementary</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69" id="section-69"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-fe9507502faa85499d74fc5d97bd6882"/><CommentaryRef Ref="key-2fc356b0e26d68502cc1bb098dcb2ae4"/>69</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/1" id="section-69-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The court by which an order under section 67 is made may—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/1/a" id="section-69-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>appoint a person to carry out, or arrange for the carrying out of, the order;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/1/b" id="section-69-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>require any person who has possession of a dog to which the order applies to deliver it up to enable the order to be carried out;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/1/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/1/c" id="section-69-1-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>give directions with respect to the carrying out of the order;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/1/d" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/1/d" id="section-69-1-d"><Pnumber>d</Pnumber><P3para><Text>confer additional powers (including power to enter premises where a dog to which the order applies is being kept) for the purpose of, or in connection with, the carrying out of the order;</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/1/e" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/1/e" id="section-69-1-e"><Pnumber>e</Pnumber><P3para><Text>order the person who committed the offence in relation to which the order was made, or another person, to reimburse the expenses of carrying out the order.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/2" id="section-69-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A person who fails to comply with a requirement imposed under subsection (1)(b) commits an offence.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/3" id="section-69-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/4" id="section-69-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Directions under subsection (1)(c) may—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/4/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/4/a" id="section-69-4-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>specify the manner in which a dog is to be disposed of, or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/4/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/4/b" id="section-69-4-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>delegate the decision about the manner in which a dog is to be disposed of to a person appointed under subsection (1)(a).</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/5" id="section-69-5"><Pnumber>5</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In determining how to exercise its powers under section 67 and this section the court is to have regard (amongst other things) to—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/5/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/5/a" id="section-69-5-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the desirability of protecting the value of any dog to which the order under section 67 applies, and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/5/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/5/b" id="section-69-5-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the desirability of avoiding increasing any expenses which a person may be ordered to reimburse.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/6" id="section-69-6"><Pnumber>6</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In determining how to exercise a power delegated under subsection (4)(b), a person is to have regard, amongst other things, to the things mentioned in subsection (5)(a) and (b).</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/7" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/7" id="section-69-7"><Pnumber>7</Pnumber><P2para><Text>If the owner of a dog ordered to be disposed of under section 67 is subject to a liability by virtue of subsection (1)(e), any amount to which the owner is entitled as a result of sale of the dog may be reduced by an amount equal to that liability.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/8" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/8" id="section-69-8"><Pnumber>8</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Any sum ordered to be paid under subsection (1)(e) is to be treated for the purposes of enforcement as if it were a fine imposed on conviction.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/9" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/9" id="section-69-9"><Pnumber>9</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In this section references to disposing of a dog do not include—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/9/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/9/a" id="section-69-9-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>destroying it, or</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/9/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/32/section/69/9/b" id="section-69-9-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>disposing of it for the purposes of vivisection.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Chapter></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-2fc356b0e26d68502cc1bb098dcb2ae4" Type="I"><Para><Text>S. 69 in force at 1.8.2022 by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/520" id="cpgsud9s4-00071" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2022" Number="520" Title="The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2022">S.I. 2022/520</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cpgsud9s4-00071" id="cpgsud9s4-00072" SectionRef="regulation-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/520/regulation/7" Operative="true">reg. 7</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary Type="I" id="key-fe9507502faa85499d74fc5d97bd6882"><Para><Text>S. 69 not in force at Royal Assent, see <CitationSubRef id="n177c4d1c60ea5c43" SectionRef="section-208-1" 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