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Keeping of Animals Byelaw

Byelaws made under Section 81 of the Public Health Act 1936, by the Borough Council of Fareham with respect to nuisances in the Borough.

For preventing the keeping of animals so as to be prejudicial to health.

  1. No person shall keep any swine within one hundred feet of a dwelling house, unless the place in which the sine are kept is in as clean a condition as is reasonably practicable.
  2. No person shall keep any swine, or deposit any swine dung, on any place within fifty feet of a dwelling house.

Provided that this byelaw shall not apply -

  1. Where the place on which the swine are kept, or the dung is deposited, is not within the same curtilage as the dwelling house, and such place was being lawfully used for that purpose at the time when the dwelling house was erected and has been continuously so used since that time; or
  2. For a period of twelve months from the date hereof where:
  1. the dwelling house was erected before the swine were so kept, or the dung was so deposited, and
  2. such place was being lawfully used for such purpose at the date hereof and continues to be so used during those twelve months.
  1. Any person who keeps a horse, ass, mule or donkey or any cattle or swine in a building or structure which is within fifty feet of any dwelling house other than that which they occupy themselves shall provide in connection with that building or structure:
  1. a drain which effectively conveys all urine and liquid filth and refuse from the building or structure into a sewer or cesspool; and
  2. a suitable receptacle for solid filth which complies wit the following requirements:
  1. its bottom or floor shall be above the surface of the adjacent ground;
  2. it shall be so constructed and maintained that the contents cannot escape or soak away;
  3. it shall be equipped with an effective cover, which shall be kept in position except when filth is being placed in or removed from it;
  4. its contents shall be removed at least once a week.
Penalties
  1. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing byelaws shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine set at level 2 on the standard scale and in the case of a continuing offence to a fine of £5 per day for each day during which the offence continues after conviction therefore.

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