(See 3(5) of the Bill.) 3 Seizure of stray dogs (1) Where a police officer has reason to believe that any dog found in a road or place of public resort or on any other land or premises is a stray dog, he may seize the dog and may detain it until the owner has claimed it and paid all expenses incurred by reason of its detention. (1A) The powers under subsection (1) above shall not be exercised in relation to any dog found on any land or premises other than in a road or place of public resort unless the owner of the land or premises or person having the right of possession thereof has consented to such exercise. (1B) In subsections (1) and (1A) above “road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984. (2) Where any dog so seized wears a collar having inscribed thereon or attached thereto the address of any person, or the owner of the dog is known, the chief officer of police, or any 17 person authorised by him in that behalf , shall serve on the person whose address is given on the collar, or on the owner, a notice in writing stating that the dog has been so seized, and will be liable to be sold or destroyed if not claimed within seven clear days after the service of the notice. (3) A notice under this section may be served either— (a) by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served; or (b) by leaving it at that person’s usual or last known place of abode, or at the address given on the collar; or 15 Currently reads: “livestock” means cattle, horses, asses, mules, hinnies, sheep, pigs, goats and poultry, deer not in the wild state and while in captivity, pheasants, partridges and grouse; 16 Currently reads: “poultry” means the domestic varieties of the following that is to say, fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea-fowls, pigeons and quails. 17 To be read as: the inspecting body that appointed the inspector who seized the dog, or any person authorised by that body 18 This document relates to the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 72) as introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 14 May 2020 (c) by forwarding it by post in a prepaid letter addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of abode, or at the address given on the collar. (4) Where any dog so seized has been detained for seven clear days after the seizure, or, in the case of such a notice as aforesaid having been served with respect to the dog, then for seven clear days after the service of the notice, and the owner has not claimed the dog [and paid all expenses incurred by reason of its detention], the chief officer of police, or any 18 person authorised by him in that behalf, may cause the dog to be sold or destroyed in a manner to cause as little pain as possible. (5) No dog so seized shall be given or sold for the purposes of vivisection. 19 (6) The chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland shall keep, or cause to be kept, one or more registers of all dogs seized under this section which are not transferred to an establishment for the reception...