Health and Safety Law 2024 (October 2024)

It has been pushing the Westminster, Scottish and Welsh governments to review their dog control laws. In July 2019, the Scottish Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee concluded that dog control legislation is not fit for purpose and called on the Scottish government to undertake an immediate and comprehensive review of all dog control laws. The CWU is also demanding changes to the Dangerous Dogs Act to simplify prosecutions. It says it is hard to prove an owner is aware their dog is dangerous, for example.

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