Control of Dogs Act, 1986 (Commencement) Order, 1987.

Date18 January 1987
Statutory Instrument No.16/1987

S.I. No. 16 of 1987.

THE CONTROL OF DOGS ACT, 1986 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1987.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsection (2) of section 37 of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986 (No. 32 of 1986), hereby orders as follows:—

1. This Order may be cited as the Control of Dogs Act, 1986 , (Commencement) Order, 1987.

2. In this Order—

"the Act" means the Control of Dogs Act, 1986 .

3. On the 1st day of February, 1987—

(a) sections 1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 of the Act shall come into operation;

(b) subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of section 13 of the Act shall come into operation;

(c) paragraphs (b), (d) and (e) of subsection (2) and subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6) of section 27 of the Act shall come into operation;

(d) subsection (1) of section 30 of the Act shall come into operation.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this

18th day of January, 1987.

JOHN BOLAND,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings into operation on 1st February, 1987, the provisions of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986 , with the exception of those provisions relating to the licensing of dogs.

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