CONTROL OF DOG REGULATIONS IN IRELAND, 1998.

Identification of ownership of Dogs 6. (1)

The owner or other person in charge of a dog shall ensure that such dog shall at all times wear a collar bearing the name and address of the owner inscribed thereon, or on a plate, badge or disc attached thereto.

(2) No person shall in any manner alter, deface, mutilate or render illegible the particulars prescribed under sub-article (1) to be inscribed on a collar to be worn by a dog, or on a plate, badge or disc to be attached thereto, nor shall any person allow a dog to wear a collar, or a plate, badge or disc attached thereto, which has been altered, defaced, mutilated or rendered illegible as aforesaid or upon which the particulars have become illegible.

(3) A breach of any provision of this article shall be an offence to which section 28(1) of the Act applies.


Exemptions from certain requirements 7. Articles 5 and 6 shall not apply to a dog which is:-

(1) (a) kept by the Garda Siochana or by the Defence Forces,

(b) kept by the Dublin Port and Docks Board Harbour Police or by an Airport Police Fire Service at a State Airport,

(c) kept by the Central Fisheries Board or a Regional Fisheries Board,

(d) kept by the Customs and Excise service of the Revenue Commissioners,

and which is being used by a member, constable, officer or official of the said bodies in the execution of their respective duties, or,

(2) (a) used by a bona fide rescue team for the purpose of searching for a missing person or being trained for such searching, or,

(b) being trained by a bona fide training establishment for use by a person who is unable to find their way without guidance, or, having been so trained, is being used for the purpose of guidance by such a person.