Dog Offences Enforcement

Thanet Council adopted The Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996 legislation as soon as it was able and it came into force on the 12 May 1997, making Thanet one of the first to have such blanket coverage under the Act. Adoption of the Act is discretionary and other local East Kent Councils adopted the law at different times, but dog owners must clean up everywhere.

The Council was required to detail the areas covered by the Act, which was done in the Isle of Thanet (Fouling of Land) Order 1997. This was amended in 1998 to slightly simplify the wording and add the grounds of four Grant Maintained Schools.

The Act allows local authorities the option of adopting Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN's), these were introduced in Thanet on 1 April 2001. The penalty was raised from to £50 on 1 April 2002.

Full details of the amended Dogs (Fouling the Land) Order

View the current Dog Byelaws which relate to summer beach bans

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