The Controls on Dogs (Non-application to Designated Land) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates descriptions of land to which Part 5 (Dogs) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (“the Act”) does not apply (Article 3), for the purposes specified in relation to each description.

Two descriptions of land are designated in this Order. They are—

(i) any land held by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for the purposes of any of its functions under the Forestry Act (Northern Ireland) 2010, in respect of the making of any dog control order under section 40(1) of the Act, and

(ii) any land which is or forms part of a road, in respect of the making of a dog control order under section 40(1) of the Act which provides for an offence relating to the matter described in section 40(3)(c) (the exclusion of dogs from land) (Article 3 and the Schedule).

A regulatory impact assessment on the effect of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill (Northern Ireland) 2010 is available at the Department’s website. A separate regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as it has no impact on the cost to business.