BYELAWS BANNING DOGS FROM CHILDRENS PLAY AREAS

1990

BANNING DOGS FROM CHILDRENS PLAY AREAS

Made by the Council of the Borough of Shrewsbury and Atcham under Section 164 of the Public Health Act 1875 and sections 12 and 15 of the Open Spaces Act 1906.

EXTENT

1. (1) These byelaws apply to the play areas named in the schedule hereafter referred to as "the grounds".

(2) Notice of the effect of these byelaws shall be given by signs placed in conspicuous positions in or near each of the grounds.

INTERPRETATION

1. In these byelaws:-

 "the Council" means Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council.

2. For the purpose of these byelaws the keeper of the dog shall be deemed in charge thereof, unless the court is satisfied that at the time when the dog entered or remained in the grounds it had been placed in or taken into the charge of some other person.

3. In paragraph 2 above "the keeper" shall include the owner of the dog or any person who habitually has it in his possession.

DOGS IN THE GROUNDS

3. (1) No person in charge of a dog (other than a registered blind person) shall, without reasonable excuse, permit the dog to enter or remain in any of the grounds.

(2) An officer of the Council or any constable may require a person in charge of a dog which has entered the grounds to remove the dog from the grounds.

REMOVAL

4. Any person offending against byelaw 3(1) may be removed from the grounds by any officer of the Council or any constable.

PENALTY

5. Any person offending against byelaw 3 (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding Level 2 on the standard scale.

SCHEDULE

The grounds referred to in byelaw 1 are as follows:

NAME OF GROUND LOCATION OF GROUND
Children's Playground Bell Lane, Shrewsbury
Children's Playground Tilstock Crescent, Sutton Farm, Shrewsbury
Children's Playground Monkmoor, Shrewsbury
Children's Playground Ashfields Road, Shrewsbury
Children's Playground Mary Webb Road, Shrewsbury

Part 2

Under Sections 12 and 15 of the Open Spaces Act 1906

NAME OF GROUND LOCATION OF GROUND
Children's Playground Whitemere Road, Shrewsbury