PART VENFORCEMENT

Entry onto land for certain purposes42

1

For the purpose of—

a

preventing any dog attacking any person or ending any such attack; or

b

preventing or ending the worrying of livestock;

an officer may, on production, if required, of his credentials, enter any land.

2

A power of entry under paragraph (1) shall not be exercisable in respect of a dwelling-house or its curtilage.

3

The district council on whose behalf the officer was acting shall make good or pay compensation for any damage cause by the officer in entering the land; and any question of disputed compensation shall be referred to and determined by the Lands Tribunal.