Clause 148

Part of Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 5:30 pm on 15 February 2011.

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Photo of Julian Huppert Julian Huppert Liberal Democrat, Cambridge 5:30, 15 February 2011

I am sorry to spoil the hon. Gentleman’s fun on some of this. I appreciate his concern and how he has expressed it, but he has misinterpreted the clause. It does not say that all existing byelaws have the provisions retrospectively added into them, which I agree would be a rather unusual power. As far as I can tell, it means that byelaws can choose to include this provision. I would be surprised if any council decided to have a byelaw that said that the dog could be confiscated, and I agree that that should be struck down and removed.