"Local councils across England are being encouraged to seek advice from the Kennel Club when their previously issued Dog Control Orders automatically convert to become Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) later this week (19th and 20th October).
The Kennel Club has proactively been promoting the importance of ensuring that PSPOs affecting dog owners are fair and proportionate and will not unnecessarily penalise responsible dog owners, whilst at the same time, working with local authorities who are looking to introduce them.
After the government announced the introduction of PSPOs as part of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (Publication of Public Spaces Protection Orders) Regulations 2014, the Kennel Club’s KC Dog scheme, which was set up to help dog owners across the country protect their rights, has worked hard to secure itself as a resource for both government and dog owners alike.
In October 2016, the Kennel Club held a Parliamentary reception for the launch of their report, ‘Out of Order: the impact of access restrictions on dogs and their owners’, and hosted a seminar in early 2017 for local authorities to support their decision making in the PSPO process...."
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