AI-assisted research summary: This amendment law changes dog-licensing rules, keeps parish registers of licences, sets fines for certain offences, and starts 7 days after registration.
Dogs (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) Law 2006 Arrangement Article 1 Interpretation . 167 2 Article 4 amended . 167 3 Article 5 amended . 168 4 Article 10 amended . 168 5 Article 13 substituted . 168 6 Citation and commencement 168 Dogs (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) Law 2006 A LAW to further amend the Dogs (Jersey) Law 1961. Adopted by the States 31st January 2006 Sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council 19th July 2006 Registered by the Royal Court 28th July 2006 THE STATES , subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law – 1 Interpretation In this Law, “principal Law” means the Dogs (Jersey) Law 1961 [1] . 2 Article 4 amended In Article 4 of the principal Law for paragraphs (3) and (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs – “(3) The Connétable of each parish shall keep a register of all licences issued in the parish under this Part. (4) The register shall specify – (a) the name and address of the person to whom any such licence is issued; (b) the name of each dog in respect of which the licence is issued and the identifying features of the dog, which may include (but are not limited to including) – (i) the breed of the dog, (ii) the sex of the dog, (iii) the year of birth of the dog, (iv) the colour of the dog, and (v) whether there is attached to the dog a unique identifying microchip or any other feature that may assist in the accurate identification of the dog. (5) The sums received for licences issued under this Part shall be credited to the General Account of the parish in which they are received.”. 3 Article 5 amended In Article 5 of the principal Law, in paragraph (1), the words “, or keeps a greater number of dogs than is authorized to be kept by virtue of a licence in force under this Part,” shall be deleted. 4 Article 10 amended In Article 10 of the principal Law – (a) in paragraph (6) the words “on payment of a fee of 5p” shall be deleted; (b) in paragraph (7) the words “on payment of a fee not exceeding 5p” shall be deleted; (c) in paragraph (9) for the words “Roads Account” there shall be substituted the words “General Account”. 5 Article 13 substituted For Article 13 of the principal Law there shall be substituted the following Article – “13 Penalties for offences (1) A person guilty of an offence under Article 5 shall be liable to a fine of level 1 on the standard scale for each dog in respect of which the offence has been committed. (2) A person guilty of an offence under Article 6 shall be liable to a fine of level 1 on the standard scale. (3) A person guilty of an offence under Article 8, 9 or 11(9) shall be liable to a fine of level 2 on the standard scale.”. 6 Citation and commencement This Law may be cited as the Dogs (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey) Law 2006 and shall come into force 7 days after it is registered. m.n. de la haye Greffier of the States [1] chapter 02.550