Comment to 'Changes to the Dangerous Dog Act in the UK'
  • I posted the change but it seems to not be read.. so here goes.

    (3) In section 4 (destruction and disqualification orders) after subsection (1A)
    there is inserted—
    (1B) For the purposes of subsection (1A)(a), when deciding whether a dog
    would constitute a danger to public safety, the court—
    (a) must consider—
    (i) the temperament of the dog and its past behaviour, and
    (ii) whether the owner of the dog, or the person for the time
    being in charge of it, is a fit and proper person to be in
    charge of the dog, and
    (b) may consider any other relevant circumstances.”


    (4) Section 4B (destruction orders otherwise than on a conviction) is amended as
    follows—
    (a) in subsection (1), after “section 5(1) or (2) below” there is inserted “or in
    exercise of a power of seizure conferred by any other enactment”;
    (b) after subsection (2) there is inserted—
    “(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a), when deciding whether a
    dog would constitute a danger to public safety, the justice or
    sheriff—
    (a) must consider—
    (i) the temperament of the dog and its past
    behaviour, and
    (ii) whether the owner of the dog, or the person for
    the time being in charge of it, is a fit and proper
    person to be in charge of the dog, and
    (b) may consider any other relevant circumstances.”