§ Mr. A. Cecil WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, further to his written answer to the hon. Member for Londonderry, East (Mr. Ross) of 27 July,Official Report, column 856, if he will indicate the particular section of the Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order (SI 1983. No. 764) which makes provision to appeal from decision to destroy a dog which has bitten a person.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyArticle 33(1) of the Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 requires a court to make an order directing that a dog be destroyed where it appears to the court that the dog has attacked any person or attacked or killed livestock.
Articles 143 and 146 of the Magistrates Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 as applied and modified by article 33(6) of the Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 enable an owner to appeal to a county court from an order for the destruction of a dog or, where a point of law is involved, to apply to the magistrates' court to state a case for the opinion of the Court of Appeal.