Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 15(3)(b) of the Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
2016 No. 
Environmental Protection
Dogs
The Dog Fouling (Fixed Penalty) (Scotland) Order 2016
Made 2016
Coming into force 1st April 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 9(2) and 15(2)(b) of the Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
2003 asp 12.
In accordance with section 15(3)(b) of that Act a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Section 15(3)(b) has been modified by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Dog Fouling (Fixed Penalty) (Scotland) Order 2016 and comes into force on 1st April 2016.

2 Amount of fixed penalty for dog fouling
For the purposes of section 9 of the Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003 (amount of fixed penalty), the percentage prescribed for the fixed penalty is 40 per cent of level 1 on the standard scale.

3 Application
Article 2 applies to fixed penalty notices issued under section 5 of the Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003 on or after 1st April 2016.
Name A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh Date

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order prescribes the amount of the fixed penalty which is payable if a fixed penalty notice has been issued under section 5 of the Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003. The current amount is set in section 9(2) of the 2003 Act and is equivalent to 20 per cent of level 1 on the Standard Scale. This amount is currently £40. This Order prescribes a new amount which is 40 per cent of level 1 on the standard scale. At the time of making this Order this amount is £80.
The new amount will only apply to fixed penalties issued on or after 1st April 2016.