Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 425
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENGLAND
The Dog Fouling (Fixed Penalty) (England) Order 2002
Made
24th February 2002
Laid before Parliament
8th March 2002
Coming into force
1st April 2002
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 88(7) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990( 1 ), as applied by section 4(2) of the Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Dog Fouling (Fixed Penalty) (England) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.
(2) This Order extends to England only.
Amount of fixed penalty
2. For the purposes of section 4 of the Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996 (fixed penalty notices), for the amount of £25 specified as the amount of the fixed penalty in section 88(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990( 2 ) substitute the amount of £50.
Revocation
3.Article 3 of the Dog Fouling (Fixed Penalties) Order 1996( 3 ) (amount of fixed penalty) is revoked.
Michael Meacher
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
24th February 2002
1990 c. 43 ; the Secretary of State can exercise these powers only in relation to England: see section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) and the entries in Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672 ) relating to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996 (c. 20) .
For the purposes of section 4 of the Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996, the amount of the fixed penalty specified in section 88(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 was increased from £10 to £25 by article 3 of the Dog Fouling (Fixed Penalties) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/2763 ).
S.I. 1996/2763 .