The commencement date of this legislation

  a. What was the commencement date of this legislation and were there any parts of the legislation that did not apply to all of the United Kingdom? b. Clearly identify the breed or breeds of dog that this legislation referred to and identify which section of the Act so identified these dogs. c. The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 c 12 Pt 7 s 107(2) introduced changes to the 1991 Act on 13th May 2014. Clearly identify what changes were made to the 1991 Act by this legislation.   Read the case of Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256. This case considered what is, and what is not, classed as an offer under the law of contract. a. Explain the facts of this case. b. The three Lord Justices of Appeal all identified and explained their ‘reason for the decision’ they reached in this case. Identify and explain the ratio decidendi of the case. c. In this case Bowen LJ provided a legal answer to a set of facts which were not in issue in this case. This answer is called an obiter dictum. He did this because it assisted him in clarifying the answer to Mrs Carlill’s case. Identify and explain Bowen LJ’s obiter dictum.