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DOGS REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1919

DOGS REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1919 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend the Dogs Regulation (Ireland) Act, 1865.
[23rd December 1919]
Increase of dogs' licence duty.

DOGS REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1919 - SECT 1

1.(1) The licence duty payable for a dog licence under the Dogs
Regulation (Ireland) Act, 1865 (in this Act referred to as the
"principal Act"), shall be at the rate of [20p] instead of [10p]
for each dog.

Subs.(2) rep. by SLR 1927

DOGS REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1919 - SECT 2
Amendment of ss.6 and 20 of principal Act as to the taking out
and duration of licences.

2.(1) A licence for a dog for any licensing year may be taken out
within three months before the commencement of such year or at any
time during such year, but, if it is taken out during such year,
it shall not affect any liability already incurred by any person
for having the dog in his possession or custody without a licence.

(2) Every licence shall expire at the end of the licensing year
for which it is taken out, whether it is taken out before or
after the commencement of such year.

(3) A licence shall not be required for any dog whilst it is
under the age of one month.

Subs.(4) rep. by SLR 1927

DOGS REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1919 - SECT 3
Regulations.

3. The Lord Lieutenant may make regulations for prescribing anything
requiring to be prescribed for the purposes of this Act and for
making such adaptations of the forms in the Schedules to the
principal Act as may be necessary, and generally for carrying the
principal Act and this Act into effect.

S.4 rep. by 1954 c.9 (NI) s.29 sch.7

DOGS REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1919 - SECT 5
Interpretation, construction and citation.

5.(1) In this Act the expression "licensing year" means the twelve
months ending the thirty-first day of March.

(2) This Act may be cited as the Dogs Regulation (Ireland) Act,
1919, and the principal Act and this Act shall be construed
together and may be cited together as the Dogs Regulation (Ireland)
Acts, 1865 and 1919.