1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Dog Control Orders (Prescribed Offences and Penalties, etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and come into operation on 1st April 2012.

2 Interpretation
In these Regulations “the Act” means the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

3 Prescribed offences and penalties
1 For the purposes of section 40(4) of the Act, the offences capable of being provided for in a dog control order are those set out in paragraph 1 of each of Schedules 1 to 5.
2 The penalty to be provided in relation to any offence in a dog control order is, on summary conviction, a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
3 A dog control order may specify the times at which, or the periods during which, an offence is to apply.

4 Specified wording to be used in, and the form of, a dog control order
A district council which makes a dog control order shall—
(a) in providing for any offence, use the wording specified in the Schedule applying to that offence (under the heading “offence”); and
(b) in all other respects make the order in the form set out in that Schedule, or in a form substantially to the like effect.

5 Amendment of a dog control order
A district council which amends a dog control order it has made shall do so in accordance with Schedule 6.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on
Wesley Shannon A senior officer of the Department of the Environment