{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-and-dog-fouling-fixed-penalty-wales-order-2004/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-and-dog-fouling-fixed-penalty-wales-order-2004/note.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2004/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Litter and Dog Fouling (Fixed Penalty) (Wales) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/litter-and-dog-fouling-fixed-penalty-wales-order-2004",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nSection 88 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 provides for the payment of a fixed penalty to discharge any liability to conviction for the offence of leaving litter under section 87 of that Act.\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, and applies the provisions of section 88 (2)–(8) of the Environmental Protection Act.\nThis Order, which applies to Wales only, increases the fixed penalty for both the litter and dog fouling offences from £25 to £75.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2004/909/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:08:58.154894+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."
}