PART 2Prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime
CHAPTER 4Other provisions
Offences relating to hares etc
I2I169Section 67: supplementary
1
The court by which an order under section 67 is made may—
a
appoint a person to carry out, or arrange for the carrying out of, the order;
b
require any person who has possession of a dog to which the order applies to deliver it up to enable the order to be carried out;
c
give directions with respect to the carrying out of the order;
d
confer additional powers (including power to enter premises where a dog to which the order applies is being kept) for the purpose of, or in connection with, the carrying out of the order;
e
order the person who committed the offence in relation to which the order was made, or another person, to reimburse the expenses of carrying out the order.
2
A person who fails to comply with a requirement imposed under subsection (1)(b) commits an offence.
3
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
4
Directions under subsection (1)(c) may—
a
specify the manner in which a dog is to be disposed of, or
b
delegate the decision about the manner in which a dog is to be disposed of to a person appointed under subsection (1)(a).
5
In determining how to exercise its powers under section 67 and this section the court is to have regard (amongst other things) to—
a
the desirability of protecting the value of any dog to which the order under section 67 applies, and
b
the desirability of avoiding increasing any expenses which a person may be ordered to reimburse.
6
7
If the owner of a dog ordered to be disposed of under section 67 is subject to a liability by virtue of subsection (1)(e), any amount to which the owner is entitled as a result of sale of the dog may be reduced by an amount equal to that liability.
8
Any sum ordered to be paid under subsection (1)(e) is to be treated for the purposes of enforcement as if it were a fine imposed on conviction.
9
In this section references to disposing of a dog do not include—
a
destroying it, or
b
disposing of it for the purposes of vivisection.