The Control of Dogs Order 1992 states that:

– every dog while in a highway or in a place of public resort shall wear a collar with the name and address of the owner inscribed on the collar or on a plate or badge attached to it.
(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply to–

• (a)any pack of hounds,
• (b)any dog while being used for sporting purposes,
• (c)any dog while being used for the capture or destruction of vermin,
• (d)any dog while being used for the driving or tending of cattle or sheep,
• (e)any dog while being used on official duties by a member of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces or Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise or the police force for any area,
• (f)any dog while being used in emergency rescue work, or
• (g)any dog registered with the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.