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- 31/01/2010
Regulations
There are two sets of Regulations currently in force which have been made by the Minister under section 19 of the Act.
The Control of Dogs Act, 1986 (Guard Dog) Regulations, 1988 (S.I. No. 255 of 1988) as amended provide for controls over the use of guard dogs, including the introduction of an identification system, the registration by local authorities of certain dog kennels and the setting of standards for the construction and operation of such kennels. The Control of Dogs Regulations, 1998 (S.I. No. 442 of 1998) which came into effect on the 1 February, 1999, consolidate and update earlier regulations on dog control. They provide for special controls for certain breeds or types of dogs, and for collar identification to be worn by dogs generally, and extend the scope of the "on-the-spot" fine system.
CONTROL OF DOGS ACTS, 1986 & 1992
The main provisions of the 1986 Act, as amended by the 1992 Act, are as follows:
Section 2 makes it an offence for a person to keep a dog unless he/she holds a licence for that dog or a general licence covering any number of dogs at a specified premises.
Section 8 sets the licence fee at
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I don't think that the Irish are thick, partly because my ancestry on one side is Irish and partly because the Irish I have met have all been reasonably intelligent. That said, I have never met an Irish Politician. Their legislation on dogs, particularly Staffies, leads me to the conclusion that they are not thick either, but only because they are too bloody stupid to be classed that far up the evolutionary scale. Thick is way beyond their capabilities.