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The Litter (Animal Droppings) Order 1991

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2.  The provisions of Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1990which apply to refuse shall apply to dog faeces on land of the followingdescriptions which is not heath or woodland or used for the grazing ofanimals:

  • any public walk or pleasure ground;

  • any land, whether inclosed or not, on which there are no buildings or of which no more than one-twentieth part is covered with buildings, and the whole or the remainder of which is laid out as a garden or is used for the purposes of recreation;

  • any part of the seashore (that is to say every cliff, bank, barrier, dune, beach, flat or other land adjacent to and above the place to which the tide flows at mean high water springs) which is—

    • frequently used by large numbers of people, and

    • managed by the person having direct control of it as a tourist resort or recreational facility;

  • any esplanade or promenade which is above the place to which the tide flows at mean high water springs;

  • any land not forming part of the highway, or, in Scotland, a public road, which is open to the air, which the public are permitted to use on foot only, and which provides access to retail premises;

  • a trunk road picnic area provided by the Minister under section 112 of the Highways Act 1980(1) or, in Scotland, by the Secretary of State under section 55 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984(2);

  • a picnic site provided by a local planning authority under section 10(2) of the Countryside Act 1968(3) or, in Scotland, a picnic place provided by an islands or district council or a general or district planning authority under section 2(2)(a)(i) of the Local Government (Development and Finance) (Scotland) Act 1964(4);

  • land (whether above or below ground and whether or not consisting of or including buildings) forming or used in connection with off-street parking places provided in accordance with section 32 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(5).

(4)

1964 c. 67; section 2(2) is to to be read with section9(1) of and Schedule 12 to the Local Government and Planning (Scotland)Act 1982 (c. 43).

(5)

1984 c. 27; section 32 was extended to Scotland bysection 125 of, and was amended by section 93(14) of, and Schedule 9 to,the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.

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