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Statutory Instruments

2023 No. 1164

Dogs, England And Wales

The Dangerous Dogs (Designated Types) (England and Wales) Order 2023

Made

at 10.29 a.m. on 31st October 2023

Laid before Parliament

at 3.00 p.m. on 31st October 2023

Coming into force

31st December 2023

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1)(c) and (8) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991( 1 ).

Citation, commencement and extent I1

1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Dangerous Dogs (Designated Types) (England and Wales) Order 2023.

(2) This Order comes into force on 31st December 2023.

(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Designation for the purposes of section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991I2

2. The type of dog known as the XL Bully is designated for the purposes of section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, being a type appearing to the Secretary of State to be bred for fighting or to have the characteristics of a type bred for that purpose.

[F1 Appointed day for the purposes of section 1(3) and (4) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991I3

3. The appointed day for the purposes of section 1(3) and (4) of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in respect of dogs of the type designated by article 2 is 31st January 2024. F1]

Therese Coffey

Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

At 10.29 a.m. on 31st October 2023

( 1 )

1991 c. 65 .

Status: There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Dangerous Dogs (Designated Types) (England and Wales) Order 2023.
The Dangerous Dogs (Designated Types) (England and Wales) Order 2023 (2023/1164)

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F1Art. 3 substituted (immediately before 31.12.2023) by The Dangerous Dogs (Exemption Schemes and Miscellaneous Provisions) (England and Wales) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1407) , arts. 1(2)(a) , 12(2)substituted
I1Art. 1 in force at 31.12.2023, see art. 1(2)
I2Art. 2 in force at 31.12.2023, see art. 1(2)
I3Art. 3 in force at 31.12.2023, see art. 1(2)
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