Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/65/section/4
Timestamp: 2018-08-19 10:30:59
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 1', 'art. 4', 'art. 1', 'art. 4', 'art. 3', 'art. 3']

There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, Section 4.
(1)Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 1 or 3(1) F1... above or of an offence under an order made under section 2 above the court—
(a)may order the destruction of any dog in respect of which the offence was committed and [F2, subject to subsection (1A) below,]shall do so in the case of an offence under section 1 or an aggravated offence under section 3(1) F1... above; and
[F3(1A)Nothing in subsection (1)(a) above shall require the court to order the destruction of a dog if the court is satisfied—
[F4(1B)For the purposes of subsection (1A)(a), when deciding whether a dog would constitute a danger to public safety, the court—
(2)Where a court makes an order under subsection (1)(a) above for the destruction of a dog owned by a person other than the offender, F5. . ., the owner may appeal to the Crown Court against the order.
(a)until the end of the period for giving notice of appeal against the conviction or [F6, where the order was not one which the court was required to make], against the order; and
(6)Any person who is disqualified for having custody of a dog by virtue of an order under subsection (1)(b) above may, at any time after the end of the period of one year beginning with the date of the order, apply to the court that made it (or a magistrates’ court acting [F7 in the same local justice ] area as that court) for a direction terminating the disqualification.
(a)in subsection (2) for the words “Crown Court against the order” there shall be substituted the words “[F8High Court of Justiciary][F8appropriate Appeal Court] against the order within the period of seven days beginning with the date of the order”;
[F9(aa)In paragraph (a), “appropriate Appeal Court” means—
“(5)[F10section 221 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995] shall apply in relation to the recovery of sums ordered to be paid under subsection (4)(b) above as it applies to fines ordered to be recovered by civil diligence in pursuance of [F10Part XI] of that Act.”; and
(d)in subsection (6) the words “(or a magistrates’ court acting [F11 in the same local justice ] area as that court)” shall be omitted.
F1Words in s. 4(1) repealed (S.) (26.2.2011) by Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 9), s. 18(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(3) (with s. 16); and words in s. 4(1) omitted (E.W.) (13.5.2014) by virtue of Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 106(3), 185(1) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/949, art. 3, Sch. para. 6
F2Words in s. 4(1)(a) inserted (8.6.1997) by 1997 c. 53, s. 1(1) (with s. 5(1)); S.I. 1997/1151, art. 2
F3S. 4(1A) inserted (8.6.1997) by 1997 c. 53, s. 1(2) (with s. 5(1)); S.I. 1997/1151, art. 2
F4S. 4(1B) inserted (13.5.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 107(3), 185(1) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/949, art. 3, Sch. para. 7
F5Words in s. 4(2) repealed (8.6.1997) by 1997 c. 53, s. 1(3) (with s. 5(1)); S.I. 1997/1151, art. 2
F6The words “,where the order was not one that the court was required to make” in s. 4(3)(a) ceased to have effect (8.6.1997) by virtue of 1997 c. 53, s. 1(4) (with s. 5(1)); S.I. 1997/1151, art. 2
F7Words in s. 4(6) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 353(a); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F8Words in s. 4(9)(a) substituted (S.) (22.9.2015) by The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions No. 2) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/338), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(a) (with art. 4)
F9S. 4(9)(aa) inserted (S.) (22.9.2015) by The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions No. 2) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/338), art. 1, Sch. 2 para. 3(2)(b) (with art. 4)
F10Words in s. 4(9)(c) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, s. 5, Sch. 4 para. 81(a)(b)
F11Words in s. 4(9)(d) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 353(b); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
I1S. 4 wholly in force at 12.08.1991 see s.10(4) and S.I. 1991/1742, art. 3.