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As published
128 Control of stray dogs.
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(2) For the purpose of extending the powers under section 3 of the Dogs Act 1906 of seizure and detention of stray dogs to those found on land or premises other than in roads or places of public resort, the said section 3 shall be amended as follows—
(a) in subsection (1), after the word “resort”, there shall be inserted the words “or on any other land or premises”;
(b) after the said subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
(1A) The powers under subsection (1) above shall not be exercised in relation to any dog found on any land or premises other than a highway or place of public resort unless the owner of the land or premises or person having the right of possession thereof has consented to such exercise.
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(3) Any enactment in any local Act which amends section 3 of the said Act of 1906 or confers powers on a district or islands council in relation to the said section 3 as it applies to the area of the council shall cease to have effect.
Your change, as a redline
128 Control of stray dogs.
(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) For the purpose of extending the powers under section 3 of the Dogs Act 1906 of seizure and detention of stray dogs to those found on land or premises other than in roads or places of public resort, the said section 3 shall be amended as follows—
(a) in subsection (1), after the word “resort”, there shall be inserted the words “or on any other land or premises”;
(b) after the said subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
(1A) The powers under subsection (1) above shall not be exercised in relation to any dog found on any land or premises other than a highway or place of public resort unless the owner of the land or premises or person having the right of possession thereof has consented to such exercise.
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(3) Any enactment in any local Act which amends section 3 of the said Act of 1906 or confers powers on a district or islands council in relation to the said section 3 as it applies to the area of the council shall cease to have effect.
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