Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003

  1. Introduction

  2. Summary of and Background to the Act

  3. Commentary on Sections

    1. Section 1: Offence

    2. Section 2: Places to which Act applies

    3. Section 3: Exceptions to offence

    4. Section 4: Authorisation by local authority of persons to issue fixed penalty notices

    5. Section 5: Issue of fixed penalty notices

    6. Section 6: Form of fixed penalty notices

    7. Section 7: Restrictions on proceedings

    8. Section 8: Request for a hearing

    9. Section 9: Amount and payment of fixed penalty

    10. Section 10: Increase in fixed penalty

    11. Section 11: Recovery of unpaid fixed penalties

    12. Section 12: Judicial determination of enforcement of fixed penalty

    13. Section  13: Withdrawal of fixed penalty notice

    14. Section  14: Effect of Act on byelaws

    15. Section  15: Orders

    16. Section 16: Interpretation

    17. Section  17: Consequential repeal of section 48 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982

    18. Section 18: Short title and commencement

  4. Parliamentary History of Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003