Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 9): explanatory notes Revised ed., Sept. 2010

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Scotland Scottish Parliament

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TSO (The Stationery Office)

This Act modernises the law on control of dogs. It enables local authorities to impose measures on the owner, or the person in charge, of a dog where that person has failed to keep the dog under control. It also extends the liability of a person where a dog is dangerously out of control under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 to all places, not only public places. The Act repeals, in Scotland, the Dogs Act 1871 ("the 1871 Act") and introduces a new regime of dog control notices which can be issued by local authorities without application to the courts. The Dangerous Dogs Act 1989, which extends and supplements the 1871 Act, is also repealed in relation to Scotland.