Under the Dangerous Dogs Act what is the maximum prison sentence for injury, and attack on an assistance dog?

• A. Injury 5 years, attack on an assistance dog 3 years
• B. Injury 3 years, attack 5 years
• C. Injury 7 years, attack 3 years
• D. Injury 2 years, attack 1 year

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is how the Dangerous Dogs Act sets different maximum prison terms for two related offences: injuring a person with a dangerous dog and attacking an assistance dog. The law reserves the harsher penalty for harming a person, recognizing the direct harm to public safety, and assigns a lower maximum to attacks on an assistance dog, which, while very serious, targets a service animal rather than a person.

So, injuring a person by a dangerous dog carries a maximum of five years in prison. Attacking an assistance dog carries a maximum of three years. That aligns with the option listing five years for injury and three years for an attack on an assistance dog. The other pairings don’t match those statutory maxima, which is why they’re not correct.