Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011
Number 29 of 2011
WELFARE OF GREYHOUNDS ACT 2011
REVISED
Updated to 16 May 2024
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Act 2024 (14/2024), enacted 9 May 2024, and all statutory instruments up to and including Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 207 of 2024), made 14 May 2024, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 29 of 2011
WELFARE OF GREYHOUNDS ACT 2011
REVISED
Updated to 16 May 2024
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title and commencement.
3. Service of notifications, notices and documents.
Welfare Generally
7. Specific welfare standards.
8. Regulations regarding welfare and related matters.
9. Irish Greyhound Stud Book and identification of greyhounds.
10. Notification of sale or transfer of greyhound.
Greyhound Breeding
12. Register of greyhound breeding establishments.
13. Representations made by applicant for registration.
14. Appeal to District Court against decision of Club.
15. Removal of greyhound breeding establishment from register.
16. Prohibition on operating unregistered greyhound breeding establishment.
Enforcement
17. Appointment of welfare officer.
18. Functions of welfare officers.
21. Appeal against welfare notice, etc.
22. Notice to local authority, etc.
23. Destruction of detained greyhounds which are in pain, distress or acute state of neglect, etc.
26. Penalties and proceedings, etc.
Miscellaneous
28. Exercise of functions by secretary of Club.
29. Non-application of Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010.
Acts Referred to
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Companies Acts |
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1986, No. 32 |
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2010, No. 29 |
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2005, No. 20 |
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2001, No. 37 |
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Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 |
14 & 15, Vict. c. 93 |
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Protection of Animals Acts 1911 and 1965 |
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2005, No. 22 |
Number 29 of 2011
WELFARE OF GREYHOUNDS ACT 2011
REVISED
Updated to 16 May 2024
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE WELFARE OF GREYHOUNDS, REGULATE THE OPERATION OF GREYHOUND BREEDING ESTABLISHMENTS AND ESTABLISH A REGISTER OF GREYHOUND BREEDING ESTABLISHMENTS.
[16th November, 2011]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Functions transferred and references to "Cathaoirleach" or "Cathaoirligh", "Leas-Chathaoirleach", "chief executive" and "deputy chief executive" construed (16.05.2024) by Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024 (7/2024), ss. 10, 23, 25, 26, 28 and sch. 1 parts 1, 2, S.I. No. 207 of 2024.
Functions of Mayor
10. (1) All functions (other than functions conferred by or under an enactment specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1) that, immediately before the vesting day, vested in the Cathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, vest in the Mayor.
(2) All functions (other than functions conferred by or under an enactment specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1) that, immediately before the vesting day, vested in the chief executive of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, vest in the Mayor.
(3) From the vesting day, a reference in any enactment (other than an enactment specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1) to Cathaoirleach shall, in so far as the reference applies to the Cathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the Mayor, or as including a reference to the Mayor, as the context requires.
(4) From the vesting day, a reference in any enactment (other than an enactment specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1) to chief executive shall, in so far as that reference applies to the chief executive of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the Mayor, or as including a reference to the Mayor, as the context requires.
(5) This section shall apply subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.
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Functions of Príomh Chomhairleoir
23. (1) All functions conferred by or under an enactment specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 that, immediately before the vesting day, vested in the Cathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, vest in the Príomh Chomhairleoir.
(2) From the vesting day, a reference in an enactment specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to Cathaoirleach or Cathaoirligh shall, in so far as that reference applies to the Cathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the Príomh Chomhairleoir, or as including a reference to the Príomh Chomhairleoir, as the context may require.
(3) This section shall apply subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.
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Functions of Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir
25. (1) All functions conferred by or under any enactment that, immediately before the vesting day, vested in the Leas-Chathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, vest in the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir.
(2) From the vesting day, a reference in any enactment to Leas-Chathaoirleach shall, in so far as that reference applies to the Leas-Chathaoirleach of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir, or as including a reference to the Leas-Phríomh Chomhairleoir, as the context may require.
(3) This section shall apply subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.
Director general
26. (1) The chief executive of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after the vesting day, be known as the director general of Limerick City and County Council and is in this Act referred to as the “director general”.
(2) The person who, immediately before the vesting day, was the chief executive of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, continue in office and be referred to in accordance with subsection (1).
(3) On and after the vesting day, a reference in an enactment specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to chief executive shall, in so far as that reference applies to the chief executive of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the director general, or as including a reference to the director general, as the context may require.
(4) This section shall apply subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.
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Deputy director general
28. (1) On and after the vesting day, a deputy chief executive appointed by the director general under section 148 of the Principal Act shall be known as the deputy director general of Limerick City and County Council and is, in this Act, referred to as the “deputy director general”.
(2) The person who, immediately before the vesting day, was the deputy chief executive of Limerick City and County Council shall, on and after that day, continue in office and be referred to in accordance with subsection (1).
(3) On and after the vesting day, a reference in any enactment to deputy chief executive shall, in so far as the reference applies to the deputy chief executive of Limerick City and County Council, be construed as a reference to the deputy director general, or as including a reference to the deputy director general, as the context may require.
(4) This section shall apply subject to the modifications of the Principal Act specified in Schedule 3.
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SCHEDULE 1
PART 1
Enactments for Purposes of Sections 10 and 23
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Number and Year (1) |
Provision (2) |
Extent of Modification (3) |
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No. 37 of 2001 |
Local Government Act 2001 |
Sections 11(5)(b), 11(8), 31(4)(a), 31(5), 31(7), 31(9), 31(11), 33, 34(2)(e), 36, 37, 38, 104(7)(a), 133(6)(a), 134(4)(b), 140(8), 141(1)(b), 141(4), 142(2)(a), 142(5)(f), 143(1), 147, 148, 158(3), 174(8), 178(2)(b), 178(5), 180(3)(a), 189(9), 190(9), 216(2)(a), 219(1) and 220(1); paragraphs 3(4), 4(2), 4(3), 6(1), 6(2), 6(3), 7(9), 10, 13(5)(e), 13(6) and 16(4)(c) of Schedule 10; paragraph 3 of Schedule 14. |
PART 2
Enactments for Purposes of Sections 10 and 26
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Number and Year (1) |
Short Title (2) |
Provision (3) |
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No. 29 of 2011 |
Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 |
Sections 17, 26 and 27. |
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Provision for data transfer for purposes of Act made (1.10.2020) by Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), s. 58, S.I. No. 399 of 2020.
Data Transfer
58. Information, including personal data (within the meaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 20161 and section 69 of the Data Protection Act 2018) held by—
(a) the Board,
(b) the holder of an Irish Greyhound Stud Book,
(c) the operator of a laboratory for the analysis of samples approved by the Board under regulations made under section 27(1) for the purposes of paragraph (r) of that subsection,
(d) the operator of a database recognised, approved or established under regulations made under section 36 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, or
(e) the Minister under the animal tracing systems database established under section 63 of that Act,
for the purposes of the Greyhound Racing Acts 1958 to 2019, the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 or the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 may be exchanged by them with each other if such exchange is reasonably necessary and proportionate for the performance by them of their functions under those Acts.