CONTROL OF DOGS REGULATIONS

CONTROL OF DOGS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 312.01

CONTROL OF DOGS REGULATIONS

1st January, 2001

LEGAL NOTICE 242 of 2000, as amended by Legal Notice 424 of 2007.

The title of these regulations is the Control of Dogs

Regulations.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise

requires -

''dog bag'' means a poop scoop bag and other devices or means

suitable for the removal of dog faeces;

''street'' includes any road, alley, square, bridge, shore front,

quay, or other place of public passage or access.

(1) No person who has any dog under his control shall

allow such dog to stray and where the dog is taken out in any street,

the dog shall be kept of leash

Provided that when a dog is used for hunting during such

time and such place where hunting is permitted, the obligation to

keep the dog on the leash shall not apply.

(2) If a person knows or suspects that the dog under his control

is temperamental or dangerous or can cause harm to any person, he

shall also keep the dog muzzled at all times in any public place.

No person shall lead or allow a dog under his control to

enter into any place or area accessible to the public where a sign or

notice prohibiting the entry of dogs in any such place or area is

displayed.

(1) Any person who has a dog under his control in any

street shall at all times carry with him a dog bag.

(2) If at any time a dog defecates on a street, the person who at

the time has the dog under his control shall remove the faeces

forthwith.

(3) The provisions of subregulation (2) shall not apply when

the dog defecates on a road and, because of heavy traffic, it will be

dangerous for the person in control of the dog to remove the faeces.

The provisions of these Regulations, with the exception of

regulation 3(2), shall not apply in relation to a person who is blind

and who uses the dog for his guidance.

(1) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of

these Regulations shall be guilty of a contravention and shall, on

conviction, be liable to -

(a) a fine (ammenda) of eleven euros and sixty-five cents

(11.65) for contravening any of the provisions of

regulation 5(1);

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(b) a fine (ammenda) of twenty-three euros and twenty-

nine cents (23.29) for contravening any of the

provisions of regulations 3(1), 4 or 5(2); and

(c) a fine (ammenda) of fifty-eight euros and twenty-three

cents (58.23) for contravening the provisions of

regulation 3(2).

(2) In the case where the contravention is committed by a

minor, the person having the legal custody of such minor shall be

deemed to have committed the offence.

(3) Where a dog is allowed to stray in contravention of

regulation 3(1), the licensee or the keeper of the dog shall be

deemed to have committed the contravention.