The Dog Control Orders (Procedures) Regulations 2006

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Interpretation
     2. In these Regulations—

"access authority" and "access land" have the meaning they bear in Part I of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000[2];

"the Act" means the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005;

"Authority" means either a primary authority or a secondary authority as defined in section 58 (primary and secondary authorities) of the Act; and

"local access forum" means a local access forum established under section 94 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

Procedures before and after making, or amending, a dog control order
     3. —(1) Before making a dog control order under section 55 of the Act, an Authority shall—

(a) consult upon its proposal to make the order by publishing a notice of that proposal in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land in respect of which the order would apply is situated;

(b) consult every other Authority having power under section 55 of the Act to make a dog control order in respect of all or part of the land in respect of which the proposed order would apply; and

(c) where all or part of the land in respect of which the proposed order would apply is access land, consult—


(i) the access authority for that access land, and

(ii) the local access forum for that access land,



and, in respect of any of that access land that is not situated in a National Park, the Countryside Agency.

    (2) The notice referred to in paragraph (1)(a) shall—

(a) identify the land in respect of which the order is to apply, and, if any of the land is access land, state that this is the case;

(b) summarise the order;

(c) where the order refers to a map, state where the map may be inspected at an address within the Authority's area, and that any inspection shall be free of charge at all reasonable hours during the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (d);

(d) state the period within which representations may be made in writing or by e-mail, such period being not less than 28 days after the publication of the notice; and

(e) state the address and e-mail address to which representations may be sent.

    (3) After making a dog control order, an Authority shall, not less than seven days before the day on which the order is to come into force—

(a) where practicable, place signs summarising the order in conspicuous positions on or near the land in respect of which it applies;

(b) publish, in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land in respect of which the order applies is situated, a notice that the order has been made and stating the place at which it may be inspected and copies of it obtained;

(c) make the information referred to in sub-paragraph (b) available on its website (if any);

(d) send the information referred to in sub-paragraph (b) to every other Authority having power under section 55 of the Act to make a dog control order in respect of all or part of the land in respect of which the order applies;

(e) where the order applies in respect of any access land, send the information referred to in sub-paragraph (b) to—


(i) the access authority, and

(ii) the local access forum,



for that access land, and to the Countryside Agency.

    (4) This regulation shall apply to the amendment of a dog control order as if references to its making were to its being amended.

Revocation of a dog control order
     4. —(1) Before revoking a dog control order it has made, an Authority shall—

(a) consult upon its proposal to revoke the order by publishing a notice of that proposal in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land in respect of which the order applies is situated;

(b) consult every other Authority having power under section 55 of the Act to make a dog control order in respect of all or part of the land in respect of which the order applies; and

(c) where all or part of the land in respect of which the order applies is access land, consult—


(i) the access authority for that access land, and

(ii) the local access forum for that access land,



and, in respect of any of that access land that is not situated in a National Park, the Countryside Agency.

    (2) The notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall—

(a) identify the land in respect of which the order applies;

(b) summarise the order;

(c) where the order refers to a map, state where the map may be inspected at an address within the Authority's area, and that any inspection shall be free of charge at all reasonable hours during the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (d);

(d) state that representations may be made in writing or by e-mail within the period of 28 days after the publication of the notice; and

(e) state the address and e-mail address to which representations may be sent.

    (3) If an Authority decides to revoke a dog control order it shall—

(a) publish a notice of that decision in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land in respect of which the order to be revoked is situated, and specifying the date (which shall not be earlier than the date on which the notice is published) on which the revocation is to have effect;

(b) make the information referred to in sub-paragraph (a) available on its website (if any);

(c) send the information referred to in sub-paragraph (a) to every other Authority having power under section 55 of the Act to make a dog control order in respect of all or part of the land in respect of which the order to be revoked applies

(d) where the order to be revoked applies in respect of any access land, send the information referred to in sub-paragraph (a) to—


(i) the access authority, and

(ii) the local access forum,



for that access land, and the Countryside Agency.

Ben Bradshaw
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Date 10th March 2006

[2] 2000 c.37; for "access authority" see section 1(2) and for "access land" see section 1(1).back