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 PART V '''14. Power to give directions'''

(1) For the purposes of the Ordinance or this Regulation, an authorized officer may, by notice in writing, direct the keeper of a dog to—
 * (a) present the dog for weighing or inspection or both at such place and in such manner as may be specified in the direction;
 * (b) deliver the dog for detention at such place, in such manner and for such period of detention as may be specified in the direction;
 * (c) confine the dog to such place, in such manner and for such period as may be specified in the direction;
 * (d) control or restrain the dog while it is in a public place or in any other place from which it may reasonably be expected to enter a public place by such measures as may be specified in the direction.

(2) The keeper of a dog who fails to comply within a reasonable time with a direction given to him under subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

15. Appeal

(1) A person who is aggrieved by a direction given by an authorized officer in respect of him under section 14 may, within 28 days after receiving notice of the direction, appeal to the Administrative Appeals Board.

(2) An appeal under this section shall not affect the operation of the direction that is appealed against, unless the Director decides otherwise and the notice of the direction contains a statement to that effect.

16. Classification of fighting dogs

(1) In the absence of any previous determination in respect of a dog by the Board upon application to it under section 17, an authorized officer may at any time, by notice in writing, notify the keeper of the dog whether the dog is classified as a fighting dog for the purposes of this Regulation.

(2) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), where a dog is classified as a fighting dog pursuant to subsection (1), the dog shall be regarded as a fighting dog for the purposes of this Regulation.