Using powers under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, Epping Forest District Council is proposing to extend the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) for dog control, making it an offence for a person in charge of a dog to:-
(a) Fail to remove dog faeces deposited on any publicly accessible land within the district
(b) Fail to put a dog on a lead when directed to do so by an authorised officer, on any publicly accessible land within the district
(c) Fail to limit the number of dogs which a person may take onto publicly accessible land within the district to 4 dogs
(d) Fail to produce a receptacle for picking up dog faeces when requested to do so by an authorised officer, while walking any dog on any publicly accessible land within the district
(e) Fail to exclude a dog from specified fenced areas within the district