{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-fouling-fixed-penalty-england-order-2002/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-fouling-fixed-penalty-england-order-2002/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/425",
  "legislation_title": "The Dog Fouling (Fixed Penalty) (England) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dog-fouling-fixed-penalty-england-order-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nSection 4 of the Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996 provides for the payment of a fixed penalty to discharge any liability to conviction for the offence of failing to remove dog faeces under section 3 of that Act. This Order, which applies to England only, increases the fixed penalty from £25 to £50.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/425/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:14:28.013324+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}