Regulation 3 Prescribed offences and penalties

For the purposes of section 55(4) of the Act, the offences capable of being provided for in a dog control order are those set out in paragraph 1 of each of Schedules 1 to 5.

The penalty to be provided in relation to any offence in a dog control order is, on summary conviction, a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

A dog control order may specify the times at which, or the periods during which, an offence is to apply.