| | Home Office Circular 25/1996: Arrangements for Confirmation of Local Authority Byelaws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | Byelaws relating to dogs may not be included in series of byelaws for which the Home Secretary is the confirming authority. |
 | | Byelaws must refer to penalties as the appropriate level of fine on the Standard Scale (level 3 for byelaws on amusement premises and pleasure fairs and on seaside pleasure boats; level 2 for other byelaws). |
 | | Byelaws relating to the countryside (commons, country parks, National Parks, etc.) are made under different powers and are the responsibility of the Department of the Environment (Countryside Division, Room 818 Tollgate House, Houlton Street, Bristol, BS2 9DJ. |
| www.homeoffice.gov.uk /docs/hoc9625a.html (5354 words) |