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Fixed penalty notices (2020 onwards) - open data

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  • Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) are issued by Stirling Council's Enforcement Officers.
  • FPNs for Littering and Fly Tipping are enforced under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 1990. Section 87 states it is a criminal offence for a person to drop, throw down or deposit litter in a public space. 
  • If a person is found guilty they can be issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice of £80. Section 33A states It is a criminal offence to dump waste onto land that has no licence to accept it – from a bin bag of household rubbish to large quantities of tyres or construction waste. 
  • If a person is found guilty of the offence they can be issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice of £200.
  • The Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003 states it is an offence for a person in charge of a dog to fail to remove and dispose appropriately any excrement after the dog has fouled in all public places. The Fixed Penalty monetary value is £80.

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