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Revocation of a dog control order

4.—(1) Before revoking a dog control order it has made, an Authority shall—

(a)consult upon its proposal to revoke the order by publishing a notice of that proposal in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land in respect of which the order applies is situated;

(b)consult every other Authority having power under section 55 of the Act to make a dog control order in respect of all or part of the land in respect of which the order applies; and

(c)where all or part of the land in respect of which the order applies is access land, consult—

(i)the access authority for that access land, and

(ii)the local access forum for that access land,

and, in respect of any of that access land that is not situated in a National Park, the Countryside Agency.

(2) The notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall—

(a)identify the land in respect of which the order applies;

(b)summarise the order;

(c)where the order refers to a map, state where the map may be inspected at an address within the Authority’s area, and that any inspection shall be free of charge at all reasonable hours during the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (d);

(d)state that representations may be made in writing or by e-mail within the period of 28 days after the publication of the notice; and

(e)state the address and e-mail address to which representations may be sent.

(3) If an Authority decides to revoke a dog control order it shall—

(a)publish a notice of that decision in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which the land in respect of which the order to be revoked is situated, and specifying the date (which shall not be earlier than the date on which the notice is published) on which the revocation is to have effect;

(b)make the information referred to in sub-paragraph (a) available on its website (if any);

(c)send the information referred to in sub-paragraph (a) to every other Authority having power under section 55 of the Act to make a dog control order in respect of all or part of the land in respect of which the order to be revoked applies

(d)where the order to be revoked applies in respect of any access land, send the information referred to in sub-paragraph (a) to—

(i)the access authority, and

(ii)the local access forum,

for that access land, and the Countryside Agency.