Fixed Penalty Notices are issued for a number of "Enviro-Crime" offences. Three of these relate specifically to the "Sneinton Dog Control Order" and carry a fixed penalty notice of £80 and maximum court fine of £1k:
| The Nottingham Post has printed a story about a man in Sneinton being fined £400 for failing to keep his dog on a lead. A fixed penalty notice (£80) was issued but when this was unpaid the Magistrates Court bumped up the fine to over £400. Read the Post story here. The Dog Control order was introduced in 2014 after a consultation process, and includes areas where dogs are excluded, where dogs must be kept on a lead and where dog fouling is prohibited. All these offences can lead to a fixed penalty notice... so dog owners beware! The maximum fine for the offence is theoretically £1,000 so maybe he got off lightly...? |
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