Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010
Definitions.
2.— In this Act—
“Act of 1986” means the Control of Dogs Act 1986;
“Act of 2001” means the Local Government Act 2001;
“annual dog breeding establishment charge” has the meaning assigned to it by section 14;
“appropriate fee” has the meaning assigned to it by section 9 (4);
“authorised person” means—
(a) a dog warden, or
(b) a person appointed to be an authorised person under section 18;
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“closure notice” has the meaning assigned to it by section 21;
“commercial boarding kennel” means a premises (other than an animal shelter) where dogs, not owned by the occupier of the premises, are temporarily sheltered, fed and watered in consideration of the payment of a fee;
“consumer price index number” means the All Items Consumer Price Index Number compiled by the Central Statistics Office, and a reference to the consumer price index number in respect of any year is a reference to the consumer price index number at such date in that year as is determined by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance;
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“dog” includes bitch;
“dog breeding establishment” means a premises at which bitches are kept, not less than 6 of which are—
(a) more than 6 months old, and
(b) capable of being used for breeding purposes,
but shall not include a local authority dog pound;
“dog warden” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 1986;
“hunt club” means a hunt or game club—
(a) registered with a national hunting association that is a member of—
(i) the Hunting Association of Ireland, or
(ii) the Irish branch of the Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the European Union (FACE),
and
(b) that operates in accordance with the guidelines for kennel management issued by the Hunting Association of Ireland;
“improvement notice” has the meaning assigned to it by section 20;
F2["local authority" means a local authority for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014);]
“Minister” means the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government;
“operator” means, in relation to a dog breeding establishment, the person who owns or manages the establishment or is otherwise responsible for the running of the establishment;
“public trainer’s licence” means a public trainer’s licence granted by Bord na gCon under the Regulations of 1961;
“register” has the meaning assigned to it by section 9;
“registration certificate” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (11) of section 9;
“Regulations of 1961” means the Greyhound Trainers’ Regulations 1961 (S.I. No. 58 of 1961);
“veterinary practitioner” means a person registered under Part 4 of the Veterinary Practice Act 2005.
Annotations
Amendments:
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Deleted (1.06.2014) by Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 5(8) and sch. 2 part 6, S.I. No. 214 of 2014.
F2
Substituted (1.06.2014) by Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014), s. 5(8) and sch. 2 part 6, S.I. No. 214 of 2014.
Modifications (not altering text):
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Functions under certain provisions transferred and references to Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage construed as Agriculture, Food and the Marine (1.08.2025) by Marine Environment (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 390 of 2025), arts. 2, 3, in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 4-8.
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 3 are transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
(2) References to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage contained in any Act or any instrument made under an Act and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage by or under the provisions of Part 1 and Part 2 of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 (No. 29 of 2010) are transferred to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
(2) References to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
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The history of the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government in relation to this Act can be traced as follows:
• Name of Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government construed as Environment, Community and Local Government (2.05.2011) by Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 193 of 2011), in effect as per art. 1(2);
• Name of Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government construed as Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (23.07.2016) by Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (S.I. No. 394 of 2016), in effect as per art. 1(2);
• Name of Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government construed as Housing, Planning and Local Government (1.08.2017) by Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 358 of 2017), in effect as per art. 1(2);
• Functions transferred and references to Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government construed as Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30.09.2020) by Housing, Planning and Local Government (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 408 of 2020), in effect as per art. 1(2);
• Functions transferred and references to Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage construed as Agriculture, Food and the Marine (1.08.2025) by Dog Breeding Establishments (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 391 of 2025), in effect as per art. 1(2).
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Bord na gCon construed (1.10.2020) by Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), s. 8(2), S.I. No. 399 of 2020.
Change of name of Bord na gCon
8. (1) The name of the board (established by section 6 of the Principal Act) the present name of which is Bord na gCon, shall be Rásaíocht Con Éireann.
(2) References in any enactment, statutory instrument or legal proceedings or any other document to Bord na gCon shall, on and from the commencement of this section, be read as references to Rásaíocht Con Éireann.