Propertymark is highlighting new recommendation for brokers and landlords given by Lets With Pets, the web site of The Dogs Trust charity.
The brokers’ commerce physique factors out that it’s not the brokers’ duty to test the legality of dogs stored by tenants nevertheless it suggests brokers supply recommendation to landlords or tenants as applicable, based mostly on the Lets With Pets steering.
This says that if an agent lets to a tenant who’s the proprietor of an American Bully XL kind canine, there are circumstances which should apply:
– The canine have to be stored on a lead and muzzled always when in public;
– It have to be neutered and microchipped, with the proprietor notifying the Index of Exempted Dogs any time their tackle modifications;
– The proprietor should have Third Party Public Liability insurance coverage, and have to be keen to point out any certificates of exemption when requested by a police officer or canine warden.
If any proprietor doesn’t comply, they threat their canine being seized and going by way of a courtroom course of to get them again.
The Dogs Trust says: “We ask that you make decisions on a case-by-case basis, the same as you would for any other pet.”
Currently proudly owning or possessing an XL Bully canine in England and Wales is a legal offence and not using a legitimate Certificate of Exemption; Scotland is within the means of introducing an identical legislation, prone to be in place by July 31; and the Northern Ireland parliament is intending to usher in related guidelines within the close to future.
The Dogs Trust has a mannequin pet clause and coverage which will be built-in into tenancy agreements – extra particulars here.
