Dogs on Leads Notice

Council of the City of Chester

The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005

The Dog Control Orders (Prescribed Offences and Penalties, etc.) Regulations 2006 (S.I.2006/1059)

THE DOGS ON LEADS (PARKS etc.) ORDER 2006

The Council of the City of Chester hereby makes the following Order:

1. This Order comes into force on 31^st October 2006.

2. This Order applies to the land specified in the Schedule

Offence

 3.

(1) A person in charge of a dog shall be guilty of an offence if, at any time, on any land to which this Order applies he does not keep the dog on a lead, unless

(a) he has a reasonable excuse for failing to do so; or

(b) the owner, occupier or other person or authority having control of the land has consented (generally or specifically) to his failing to do so.

(2) For the purposes of this article a person who habitually has a dog in his possession shall be taken to be in charge of the dog at any time unless at that time some other person is in charge of the dog.

Penalty

4. A person who is guilty of an offence under article 3 shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

Schedule

• Water Tower Gardens
• Grosvenor Park
• Alexandra Park Hoole Playground
• Playing Field, Church Croft, Dodleston
• Playing Field, Old Lane, Pulford
• Jubilee Field, Meadow Lane, Huntington