LORD DE CLIFFORDasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many and what Acts of Parliament are extant on the keeping, breeding and use of dogs both privately and commercially and how many Departments of State are involved.
§ THE MINISTER OF STATE, HOME OFFICE (LORD HARRIS OF GREENWICH)Twenty-four public general Acts seem to be directly concerned, either in whole or in part, as follows:
- Metropolitan Police Act 1839
- Town Police Clauses Act 1847
- Dogs Act 1871
- Cruelty to Animals Act 1876
- Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892
- Dogs Act 1906
- Protection of Animals Act 1911
- Protection of Animals Act (1911) Amendment Act 1912
- Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1912
- Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925
- Dogs (Amendment) Act 1928
- Protection of Animals (Cruelty to Dogs) Act 1933
1392 - Protection of Animals (Cruelty to Dogs) (Scotland) Act 1934
- Diseases of Animals Act 1950
- Pet Animals Act 1951
- Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953
- Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954
- Dog Licences Act 1959
- Abandonment of Animals Act 1960
- Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963
- Animals Act 1971
- Road Traffic Act 1972
- Breeding of Dogs Act 1973
- Rabies Act 1974.
Four Departments of State are involved.