S.I. No. 229/1966 - Dogs Order, 1966.

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

Date of Order

Short Title

25th August, 1911

County Cavan (Control of Dogs) Order of 1911.

15th June, 1926

County Carlow (Control of Dogs) Order of 1926.

7th January, 1927

County Clare (Control of Dogs) Order of 1927.

27th March, 1929

County Cork (Control of Dogs) Order of 1929.

12th June, 1913

County Donegal (Control of Dogs) Order of 1913.

4th February, 1907

County Dublin (Control of Dogs) Order of 1907.

14th May, 1925

County Galway (Control of Dogs) Order of 1925.

27th September, 1907

County Kerry (Control of Dogs) Order of 1907.

27th June, 1911

County Kildare (Control of Dogs) Order of 1911.

18th May, 1950

County Kilkenny (Control of Dogs) Order, 1950.

10th December, 1935

County Laoighis (Control of Dogs) Order of 1935.

7th June, 1927

County Leitrim (Control of Dogs) Order of 1927.

26th April, 1912

County Louth (Control of Dogs) Order of 1912.

6th December, 1907

County Limerick (Control of Dogs) Order of 1907.

4th April, 1930

County Longford (Control of Dogs) Order of 1930.

7th February, 1928

County Mayo (Control of Dogs) Order of 1928.

10th December, 1913

County Meath (Control of Dogs) Order of 1913.

26th June, 1929

County Monaghan (Control of Dogs) Order of 1929.

1st December, 1927

County Offaly (Control of Dogs) Order of 1927.

25 March, 1931

County Roscommon (Control of Dogs) Order of 1931.)

5th October, 1945

County Sligo (Control of Dogs) Order of 1945.

4th March, 1927

County Tipperary (North Riding) (Control of Dogs) Order of 1927.

28th June, 1926

County Tipperary (North Riding) (Control of Dogs) Order of 1926.

17th June, 1927

County Waterford (Control of Dogs) Order of 1927.)

22nd December, 1911

County Westmeath (Control of Dogs) Order of 1911.)

8th February, 1907

County Wexford (Control of Dogs) Order of 1907.

9th January, 1926

County Wicklow (Control of Dogs) Order of 1926.

9th October, 1946

County Borough of Cork (Control of Dogs) Order, 1946.

27th March, 1907

County Borough of Dublin (Control of Dogs) Order of 1907.

24th May, 1954

County Borough of Limerick (Control of Dogs) Order, 1954.

24th May, 1954

County Borough of Waterford (Control of Dogs) Order, 1954.

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.

S.I. No. 229 of 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