Dog control Public Spaces Protection Orders

On 5 November 2020, the council reintroduced new Public Spaces Protection Order, under sections 59 and 64 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. This order was extended for a further three years on 24 October 2023.

Dog control order – specified maximum

The effect of the Order is to make it an offence for any person to take more than four dogs onto the restricted area.

A person, who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed commits an offence and is liable:

• On summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000
• Or to a fixed penalty notice not exceeding £100

Restricted area

Land which is open to the air and to which the public are entitled or permitted to have access across the whole of the City of Salford including but not limited to parks, public open spaces and highways excluding: -

• any land that is placed at the disposal of the Forestry Commissioners under section 39(1) of the Forestry Act 1967.

Dog control order – dogs on lead

The effect of the Order is to make it an offence for any person in charge of a dog to fail to keep the dog on a lead at all times in the restricted area.

A person, who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed commits an offence and is liable:

• On summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000
• Or to a fixed penalty notice not exceeding £100

Restricted area

All roads and highways (including pavements).

and excluding: -

• any land that is placed at the disposal of the Forestry Commissioners under section 39(1) of the Forestry Act 1967.

Exemptions

Nothing in this Order shall apply to a disabled person (within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010) whose disability restricts their ability to comply with the Order and the dog is their guide dog or assistance dog.

Dog control order – dogs on lead by direction

The effect of the Order is to make it an offence for any person, within the Restricted Area when being in charge of a dog not to put, and thereafter keep the dog on a lead when directed to do so by an authorised officer

A person, who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed commits an offence and is liable:

• On summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000
• Or to a fixed penalty notice not exceeding £100

Restricted area

Land which is open to the air and to which the public are entitled or permitted to have access across the whole of the City of Salford including but not limited to parks, public open spaces and highways excluding:

• any land that is placed at the disposal of the Forestry Commissioners under section 39(1) of the Forestry Act 1967.

Exemptions

Nothing in this Order shall apply to a disabled person (within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010) whose disability restricts their ability to comply with the Order and the dog is their guide dog or assistance dog.

Dog control order – dog exclusion

The effect of the Order is to make it an offence for any person, within the Restricted Area in charge of a dog to take the dog onto, or permit the dog to enter or remain on, land in a restricted area.

A person, who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed commits an offence and is liable:

• On summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000
• Or to a fixed penalty notice not exceeding £100

Restricted area

• All children’s play areas
• All marked sporting areas within parks and open spaces
• Memorial parks and gardens within the city of Salford
• All school premises, school playing fields and school areas within the city of Salford.

and excluding:

• any land that is placed at the disposal of the Forestry Commissioners under section 39(1) of the Forestry Act 1967.

Exemptions

Nothing in this Order shall apply to a disabled person (within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010) whose disability restricts their ability to comply with the Order and the dog is their guide dog or assistance dog.

Dog control order – dog in cemeteries

The effect of the Order is to make it an offence for any person, being in charge of a dog in a cemetery, not to keep it on a lead, two metres or shorter and on a path.

A person, who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed commits an offence and is liable:

• On summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000
• Or to a fixed penalty notice not exceeding £100

Exemptions

Nothing in this Order shall apply to a disabled person (within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010) whose disability restricts their ability to comply with the Order and the dog is their guide dog or assistance dog.

Dog control order – the fouling of land by dogs

The effect of the Order is to make it an offence for any person when being in charge of a dog, within the Restricted Area not to immediately remove faeces deposited by the dog at any time and to have the appropriate means to pick up dog faeces deposited by a dog that is in their control.

A person, who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement imposed commits an offence and is liable:

• On summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000
• Or to a fixed penalty notice not exceeding £100

Restricted area

Land which is open to the air and to which the public are entitled or permitted to have access across the whole of the city of Salford including but not limited to parks, public open spaces and highways excluding:

• any land that is placed at the disposal of the Forestry Commissioners under section 39(1) of the Forestry Act 1967.

Exemptions

Nothing in this Order shall apply to a disabled person (within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010) whose disability restricts their ability to comply with the Order and the dog is their guide dog or assistance dog.

This page was last updated on 21 November 2023