46LRequirement for licence

46L Requirement for licence (1) The council may determine a maximum number of dogs, or dogs of a class of dog, that may be kept on premises without a licence. (2) An occupier of premises commits an offence if the occupier keeps dogs on the premises in contravention of a determination under clause (1). (4) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against clause (2) if: (a) the defendant has a reasonable excuse; or (b) the defendant establishes that the dogs, or the dogs of the class of dog, had not been usually kept on the premises: (i) for a period of 3 months or more immediately before the date of the alleged offence; or (ii) for periods totalling 3 months or more during the 6 month period immediately before the date of the alleged offence. (5) An assistance dog is exempt from this by-law.