
1 
This Order—
(a) may be cited as the Controls on Dogs (Non-application to Designated Land) Order 2009;
(b) comes into force on 1st December 2009; and
(c) applies in England only.
2 
In this Order—
 “the Act” means the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005;
 “land” means any land which is open to the air and to which the public are entitled or permitted to have access (with or without payment), and any land which is covered is to be treated as “open to the air” if it is open on at least one side;
 “road” means any length of highway or of any other road to which the public have access (with or without payment), and includes bridges over which a road passes.
3 
Any land that falls within a description in the first column of the table in the Schedule is designated as land to which Chapter 1 (controls on dogs) of Part 6 of the Act does not apply, for the purposes specified in relation to the particular description in the second column of that table.
4 
The Controls on Dogs (Non-application to Designated Land) Order 2006 is revoked.
Jim Fitzpatrick
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
23rd October 2009
THE SCHEDULE
Article 3


First columnDescription of Land Second columnPurposes for which Chapter 1 of Part 6 of the Act does not apply
Land that is placed at the disposal of the Forestry Commissioners under section 39(1) of the Forestry Act 1967 For the purpose of making a dog control order under section 55(1) of the Act
Land which is or forms part of a road For the purpose of making a dog control order under section 55(1) of the Act which provides for an offence relating to the matter described in section 55(3)(c) (the exclusion of dogs from land)