Dog Control Orders
Please note the consultation is now
closed
Bedford Borough Council consulted stakeholders, residents
and visitors to the Borough for their views on introducing new dog
control laws, which will replace a range of complex and out of date
legislation. The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
enable the Council to implement new orders, which provide for the
offences below:
- Permitting a dog to enter land from which dogs are excluded;
- Failing to remove dog faeces;
- Not keeping a dog on a lead;
- Not putting, and keeping a dog on a lead when directed to do
so;
- Offence of taking more than a Specified Number of Dogs onto
Land
The consultation report can be accessed
here
The original consultation document is available
here