{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-land-byelaws-northern-ireland-2013/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-land-byelaws-northern-ireland-2013/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2013/30",
  "legislation_title": "The Forestry Land Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-land-byelaws-northern-ireland-2013",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Dogs",
  "text": "(1) A person having charge of a dog on forestry land shall—\n(a) keep the dog under proper control and restrained from giving reasonable cause for annoyance or alarm to other persons or animals;\n(b) keep the dog on a lead in areas designated as areas where dogs are required to be kept on a lead;\n(c) place the dog on a lead if requested to do so by an authorised person;\n(d) not take the dog into or permit it to enter or remain in an area where dogs are excluded;\n(e) remove and dispose of any excrement deposited by the dog in such a manner as to ensure that it will not constitute a nuisance to other persons.\n(2) Sub-paragraphs (d) and (e) shall not apply to a disabled person in charge of an assistance dog.\n(3) For the purposes of this byelaw—\n(a) “disabled person” has the meaning given in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;\n(b) “assistance dog” means—\n(i) a dog which has been trained to guide a blind person;\n(ii) a dog which has been trained to assist a deaf person;\n(iii) a dog which has been trained by a charitable organisation to assist a disabled person who has a disability which—\n(aa) consists of epilepsy; or\n(bb) otherwise affects his mobility, manual dexterity, physical co-ordination or ability to lift, carry or otherwise move everyday objects.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 50"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/30/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:12:07.922425+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."
}