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Dog nuisances
The Council operates a byelaw to prevent the fouling of the public
footpaths by dogs. The form of the byelaw is as follows :—
(1) No person being in charge of a dog in any street or public place having
the dog on a lead shall allow or permit such dog to deposit its
excrement upon the public footway.
(2) Any person offending against this byelaw shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding forty shillings.
Complaints are sometimes received from members of the public
and the police, but difficulty is experienced in enforcing the byelaw
owing to the fact that it only relates to dogs which are on a lead, and
possibly also from the reluctance of witnesses to appear in court to
give evidence.
Several complaints were received during the year and in each case
a warning letter was sent.
Fly-tipping on vacant sites
As a result of discussions between the Metropolitan Boroughs'
Standing Joint Committee and the Home Office the text of a model
byelaw was issued prohibiting the placing or depositing of any rubbish
or waste on the public highways, unfenced ground abutting on highways
and certain other public places.
The Council, being of the opinion that a byelaw dealing with this
question should be in force in the borough, made a byelaw in pursuance
of section 146 of the London Government Act, 1939 in the following
terms :—
No person shall (except by permission in writing of the owner or
occupier, or of the person or authority having control thereof, or unless
authorised by law so to do) place or deposit and leave on or in :—
(a) Any highway or roadside waste, or any unfenced ground abutting
on any highway ;
(b) Any common, park, recreation ground or other open space to
which the public have access for the time being ; or
(c) Any water, watercourse, or ditch in or abutting on any such
highway, roadside waste or other place aforementioned ;
any rubbish or waste or discarded matter whatsoever so as to create or
tend to create, a litter.
Provided that where an offence is committed against this. byelaw and
against any byelaw with respect to any pleasure ground, public walk,
recreation ground, park, roadside waste, common, or open space, or any
limitation or condition imposed by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
under section 193 of the Law of Property Act, 1925, a person shall not be
liable to more than one penalty in respect of the same offence.
Any person offending against this byelaw shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
This byelaw came into operation on March 1, 1950.