3 Keeping dogs under proper control
Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (1991 c 65) | Legislation

3  Keeping dogs under proper control

(1)     If a dog is dangerously out of control in [any place in England or Wales (whether or not a public place)]—

(a)     the owner; and

(b)     if different, the person for the time being in charge of the dog,

is guilty of an offence, or, if the dog while so out of control injures any person [or assistance dog], an aggravated offence, under this subsection.

[(1A)     A person (“D”) is not guilty of an offence under subsection (1) in a case which is a householder case.

(1B)     For the purposes of subsection (1A) “a householder case” is a case where—

(a)     the dog is dangerously out of control while in or partly in a building, or part of a building, that is a dwelling or is forces accommodation (or is both), and

(b)     at that time—

(i)     the person in relation to whom the dog is dangerously out of control (“V”) is in, or is entering,

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