Dog Control Orders

The Legal Part - Dog Control Orders

The Council has adopted the following Dogs Control Orders which makes it an offence not to clean up after your dog. Provided you do this and dispose of the scoop in a proper manner you will have no problems.

Order One: Failing to remove Dog Faeces

It is an offence for a person not to remove the faeces of any dog in their charge immediately from any land open to the air which the public are entitled or permitted to have access with or without payment, and within the administrative area of the North West Leicestershire District Council.

Order Two: The Keeping of Dog on Leads

Dog walkers are required to keep dogs on leads on all land within the Council’s administrative area which comprises a highway, footway, cycle way or footpath or any grass verge which adjacent to the carriageway or footway and is maintainable at public expense, which is subject to a 40 MPH speed limit or less.

Order Three: The keeping of Dogs on Leads

The entire administrative area of the District is designed for this Dog control order. The order requires people to put and keep a dog on a lead when instructed to do so by an authorised officer.

Order Four: Exclusion of Dogs from Land

Dogs are excluded through out the District from all fenced children’s play areas, all fenced games areas, bowling greens and areas on playing fields or recreation grounds that are marked and designated as sports pitches.

Enforcement by FIXED PENALTY NOTICE

Anyone in breach of the above orders may be issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice of £80.00; a discounted rate of £50.00 will apply if the payment is received by the council within 10 days of issue of the notice. Any person failing to pay a fixed penalty notice after 14 days may be taken to court and if found guilty of an offence under article 3 shall be liable on the summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale. This is currently £1000.00.

THIS LAW DOES NOT APPLY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE REGISTERED BLIND

Apart from being an unpleasant nuisance if you step in it, fall in it, push the wheel your wheelchair through it, dog mess can be a health hazard.Both dog and cat faeces can contain the eggs of Roundworm "Toxicara". These eggs can survive in the soil for several years.If they are ingested or inhalesd by humans, they may cause eye,liver,brain and respiratory problems such as Asthma,Hepititis and Epilepsy. Children playing in fouled recreation areas are most at risk,also dog waste is a potential health risk to farmers livestock if you allow your dog to foul in their fields.

To reduce the risk of "Toxicara" it is important to worm your dogs regularly. Cats although they do foul are not enforceable.