A Bill to amend the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and the Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Act 1997; and for connect purposes.
This Bill would amend the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and extend the offence of having a dog dangerously out of control to cover private property as well as public places.
House of Commons
4 November 2009
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This Bill would amend the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 and the Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Act 1997 to make it an offence for a dog to be dangerously out of control on private property, as well as in public places. It extends the offence to private spaces, broadening the situations in which dangerous dogs can be dealt with.
First introduced in July 2009, the bill is currently at the second reading stage in the Commons.
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1 Jul 2009
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 1 July. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
This Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading on several Fridays before being dropped by its sponsor, Angela C Smith.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
