2013 No. 1302

Dogs, England And Wales

The Dangerous Dogs (Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2013

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(1)(c) of the Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Act 19971, makes the following Order.

Citation, commencement and extent1

1

This Order may be cited as the Dangerous Dogs (Fees) (England and Wales) Order 2013 and comes into force on 1st July 2013.

2

This Order extends to England and Wales.

Prescribed fee2

For the purposes of section 4(1)(c) of the Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Act 1997 (fee payable under article 9 of the Dangerous Dogs Compensation and Exemption Schemes Order 19912), the prescribed fee is £77.00 plus value added tax.

Revocation3

The Dangerous Dogs (Fees) Order 19973 is revoked.

de MauleyParliamentary Under Secretary of StateDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 4 of the Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Act 1997 (c. 53) extends (with modifications) the application of Part 3 of the Dangerous Dogs Compensation and Exemption Schemes Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/1744) in cases where an order has been made under section 4A(1) (contingent destruction orders) or 4B(3) (destruction orders otherwise than on a conviction) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (c. 65). This instrument prescribes the fee payable under Article 9 of that Order (for a certificate of exemption) as applied in such cases, replacing the previous fee of £20 plus VAT prescribed in the Dangerous Dogs (Fees) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1152) (which is revoked) with one of £77 plus VAT.

No impact assessment has been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen. The Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.