Question reference: S4W-04032
- Asked by: Derek Mackay, MSP for Renfrewshire North and West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 14 November 2011
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Current status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 22 November 2011
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when (a) its policies and (b) legislation on dangerous dogs will next be reviewed.
Answer
The Scottish Government keeps its dangerous dogs policy under review as appropriate. We are committed to ensuring our communities are protected from dangerous dogs and we would support any sensible and practical measures that help achieve this, but there are no plans to change the policy at this juncture. Section 10 of the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 amended the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 so that a dog owner can be held criminally responsible where a dog is found to be dangerously out of control in any place rather than only a public place or private place where a dog is not permitted to be. The 2010 act came into force on 26 February 2011. We have no current plans to review the law in relation to dangerous dogs.