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London Borough of Camden Please also note the dog control orders http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/content/transport-and-streets/clean-streets/filestorage- items/camden-final-dog-control-orders.en LONDON BOROUGH OF CAMDEN BYELAWS IN RESPECT OF PLEASURE GROUNDS, GARDENS AND OPEN SPACES Byelaws made by the Council of the London Borough of Camden in pursuance of the provisions of sections 12 and 15 and section 15, of the Open Spaces Act, 1906 in relation to the pleasure grounds, gardens and open spaces vested in or maintained by the Council of the Corporation of the London Borough of Camden. INTERPRETATION 1. Throughout these Byelaws the expression "the Council" means the Council of the London Borough of Camden and the expression "the pleasure grounds" means, except where inconsistent with the context, each of the pleasure grounds, gardens and open spaces named in the First Schedule to these Byelaws. 2. An act necessary to the proper execution of his duty in the pleasure ground by a duly authorised employee of the Council or by any person or servant of any person employed by the Council shall not be deemed an offence against these Byelaws. DAMAGE AND INJURY 3. No person shall in the pleasure ground (i) carelessly or negligently deface, soil or defile any wall of fence in or enclosing the pleasure ground or any building, barrier, railing, post, seat, tombstone or any erection or ornament, or affix thereto in any way any bill, placard or notice; (ii) climb any wall or fence in or enclosing the pleasure ground or any tree or any barrier, railing, post, fountain, tombstone, monument or other erection, except those expressly provided for children; (iii) wilfully, carelessly or negligently remove or displace any barrier, railing, fountain, tombstone, monument, post or seat or any part of any erection or ornament or any implement provided for use in the laying out or maintenance of the pleasure ground. TRESPASS 4. No person shall in the pleasure ground wilfully break or damage any ice on any pond or lake or, when prohibited by a notice erected in a conspicuous position near such pond or lake, go or attempt to go upon any such ice, or make or attempt to make any ice slide on any footpath or access way. 1 5. (i) No person who has attained the age of 14 years shall enter any part of any area within the pleasure ground which by a notice affixed or set up near thereto shall be set apart by the Council for the exclusive use of persons under the age of 14 years unless accompanying a person permitted to enter that part or area of the pleasure ground; (ii) No male person over the age of 14 years shall go or attempt to go into any part of the pleasure ground in contravention of any regulation of the Council specified in a notice exhibited on such part reserving such part for the use of female persons and children under the age of 14 years only. 6. The pleasure grounds mentioned in Part I of the Second Schedule to these Byelaws shall be opened at such hours in the forenoon and closed at such hours in the afternoon as are specified in Part II of the said Second Schedule. Provided always that this Byelaw shall not be deemed to require the pleasure ground to be opened and closed at the hours hereinbefore prescribed or any day when, in pursuance of any statutory provision in that behalf, the Council close the pleasure ground to the public. 7. On any day which the pleasure ground to which the foregoing Byelaw applies is open to the public a person shall not enter it before the time or enter or remain in it after the time appointed in the foregoing Byelaw. 8. No person shall in the pleasure ground walk, run, stand, sit or lie upon (i) any grass, turf or other place, where adequate notice to keep off such grass, turf or other place shall be placed Provided that such notice shall not apply to more than one-half of the area of the pleasure grounds mentioned in Part I of the Third Schedule of these Byelaws and to more than one-fifth of the area of the pleasure grounds mentioned in Part II of the said Third Schedule (ii) any flowerbed, or shrub or plant or any ground in course of preparation as a flowerbed or for the growth of any tree, shrub or plant. TRAFFIC 9. (i) No person shall except in the exercise of any lawful right or privilege bring or cause to be brought into the pleasure ground any barrow, truck, machine or vehicle other than; (a) a bicycle, tricycle or any other similar machine; (b) a wheelchair, perambulator or chaise drawn or propelled by hand and used solely for the conveyance of a child or children or an invalid; (c) in the pleasure grounds specified in the Fourth Schedule to these Byelaws mechanically propelled carriage used solely for the conveyance of an invalid; 2 Provided that where the Council set apart a space in the pleasure ground for the use of any class of vehicle, this Bye-law shall not be deemed to prohibit the driving in or to that space by a direct route from the entrance to the pleasure ground of any vehicle of the class for which it is set apart; (ii) No person shall except in the exercise of any lawful right or privilege ride any bicycle, tricycle or other similar machine in any part of the pleasure ground except on any area where such activity is expressly permitted; (iii) No person over the age of 14 years shall use roller skates in any part of the pleasure ground except on any area where such activity is expressly permitted; (iv) No person shall in the pleasure ground drive or in any way use any motor vehicle for the purpose of giving or receiving instruction in driving, managing or repairing such vehicle. 10. No person who brings a vehicle into the pleasure ground shall ride, wheel or station it over or upon (i) any flower bed, shrub or plant or any ground in course of preparation as a flower bed or for the growth of any tree, shrub or plant; (ii) any part of the pleasure ground where the Council by a noticeboard affixed or set up in some conspicuous position in the pleasure ground prohibits its being ridden, wheeled or stationed. ANIMALS 11. No person shall bring or cause to be brought into the pleasure ground any cattle, sheep, goats or pigs, or any beast of draught or burden unless, in pursuance of an agreement with the Council or otherwise in the exercise of any lawful right or privilege, he is authorised to do so. 12. No person shall cause or suffer any dog belonging to him or in his charge to enter or remain in the pleasure ground, unless such dog be and continue to be under control and be effectually restrained from causing annoyance to any person, from worrying or disturbing any animal or waterfowl, from entering any lake, pond or ornamental water, and from running over any flowerbed or ornamental feature of the pleasure ground Provided that in the pleasure grounds specified in the Fifth Schedule to these Byelaws a dog shall not be deemed to be under proper control unless such dog is on a lead. 13. No person shall in the pleasure ground wilfully disturb any animal grazing or shall harry, ill-treat, injure or destroy any animal. 3 NUISANCES 14. No person shall in the pleasure ground (i) except in hereinafter provided, erect any post, rail, fence, pole, tent, booth, stand, building or other structure Provided that this prohibition shall not apply where, upon an application to the Council, the Council grants permission to erect any post, rail, fence, pole, tent, booth, stand, building or other structure upon such occasion and for such purposes as are specified in the application; (ii) beat, shake, sweep, brush or cleanse any carpet, drugget, rug or mat, or any other fabric retaining dust and dirt; (iii) hang, spread or deposit any linen or other fabric for drying or bleaching; (iv) operate or play or cause or suffer to be operated or played any wireless, loudspeaker, gramophone, amplifier or similar instrument or musical instrument, which shall be so loud and so continuous or repeated as to be or cause a nuisance or annoyance to any other person using the pleasure ground; (v) (a) sell, offer for sale, exhibit for sale or distribute any book, pamphlet, leaflet, card, bill, advertisement or literature of any kind whatsoever; (b) subject to (a) above, sell, offer for sale, exhibit for sale or distribute any other article or let for hire ant article or place any stand, chair or seat for hire, or display any advertisement without the consent of the Council in writing under the hand of the Town Clerk; (vi) feed any animal or bird other than an animal belonging to that person Provided that this prohibition shall apply only to the pleasure grounds specified in the Sixth Schedule to these Byelaws. 15. No person shall in the pleasure ground (i) bathe, wade or wash in any ornamental lake, pond, stream or other water; (ii) wilfully, carelessly or negligently foul or pollute any such water; (iii) wilfully displace or disturb, injure or destroy any bird's nest or wilfully take, injure or destroy any bird's eggs; (iv) take, injure or destroy any bird or spread or use any net or set or use any snare or other engine, instrument or means for the taking, injury or destruction of any bird.
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