Dog control orders
The Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) which contains restrictions in relation to dog control has been formally approved by Wyre Council and came into force on 4 October 2023. The powers under the Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2017 replace and add to the powers previously provided under dog control orders and contains the following offences:
- failing to put a dog on a lead when directed to do so by an authorised officer - this allows council officers to direct that a dog is put on a lead when it is causing nuisance and/or danger to other persons and their dogs
- failing to pick up after your dog
- failing to exclude dogs from designated areas
- failing to keep dogs on leads in the designated dogs on leads areas
- failing to provide at the request of an authorised officer the means to pick up after a dog
- exercising more than four dogs under the control of one person in a designated area