S.I. No. 229/1966:

DOGS ORDER, 1966.

DOGS ORDER, 1966.

I, CHARLES J. HAUGHEY, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 2 , 10 and 56 of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966), and as respects Article 3 of this Order, with a view to the prevention of worrying of animals, hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Dogs Order, 1966.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1967.

2. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), every owner or other person in charge of a dog shall not permit the dog to be in any place other than the premises or other land of the owner or person unless the dog is wearing a collar or harness with the name and address of the owner inscribed thereon or on a plate or badge attached thereto.

(2) This Article shall not apply in respect of--

(a) any pack of hounds,

(b) any dog while being used for the hunting of game,

(c) any greyhound which is either at a greyhound race track or at an authorised coursing meeting,

(d) any dog while being used for police purposes by a member of the Garda Siochana.

(3) In this Article--

" authorised coursing meeting " and " greyhound race track " have each the same meaning as in section 2 of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 (No. 12 of 1958);

" game " includes game birds and hares but does not include rabbits;

" game birds " means pheasant, partridge, grouse, quail, landrail, plover, snipe and woodcock, mallard, teal, widgeon and other species of wild duck, brent goose, barnacle goose and other species of wild goose.

3. (1) Every owner or other person in charge of a dog shall during all of the hours between sunset and sunrise prevent the dog from straying by--

(a) confining the dog in a building, shed, yard or other enclosure from which it cannot escape,

(b) effectively securing the dog by collar and chain, or

(c) accompanying the dog and keeping it under effectual control.

(2) Any omission as respects a requirement of this Article shall be an offence under the Diseases of Animals Act, 1966 (No. 6 of 1966).

4. Any dog in respect of which an offence is being committed against this Order may be seized and treated as a stray dog under the Dogs Act, 1906.

5. Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Dogs (Ireland) Order, 1906, together with the Orders set out in the Schedule hereto are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE

Orders Revoked

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 6th day of October, 1966.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is that, with certain exceptions, a dog shall not be permitted to be in any place other than the lands or premises of the owner or person in charge unless it is wearing a collar or harness bearing the name and address of its owner, and that a dog, during the hours between sunset and sunrise, shall be prevented from straying by being effectively confined or secured, or controlled.

Dogs not bearing identification or not having been prevented from straying may be seized and treated as stray dogs.