Question reference: S6W-25800
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 26 February 2024
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Current status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 5 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-25092 and S6W-25097 by Siobhian Brown on 16 February 2024, what estimate it has made of the potential financial impact over the next five years of the new legislation on XL Bully-type dogs on Police Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Government is in regular dialogue with Police Scotland about the new safeguards and will continue this regular dialogue with the first set of safeguards now in force, and the second set due to come into force from 1 August 2024 onwards. This will include ongoing consideration of the operational impacts.