DOG AND CAT MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 6

DOG AND CAT MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 6

6—Person responsible for control of dog or cat

        (1)         For the purposes of this Act, a person is responsible for the control of a dog or cat while the person has possession or control of the dog or cat.

        (2)         In proceedings for an offence against this Act, if it is proved that immediately before the alleged offence the dog or cat was in company with or had been seen continuously and closely following a person, the person will, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be taken to have had possession or control of the dog or cat at the time of the alleged offence.

        (3)         In proceedings for an offence against this Act, an occupier of premises in which a dog or cat was kept or permitted to live at the time of the alleged offence will be taken to have had possession or control of the dog or cat at that time unless it is proved that another person of or over 16 years of age had possession or control of the dog or cat at that time.