Australian Capital Territory
Domestic Animals (Prohibited Areas) Declaration 2015 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2015 – 337 
made under the  
Domestic Animals Act 2000, s 41 (Prohibited areas)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 41 of the Domestic Animals Act 2000 (the Act) permits the Minister to declare an area of land or water to be an area where dogs are prohibited.  The declaration of a dog prohibited area is made by disallowable instrument.
Under section 41 (5) of the Act, it is an offence to take a dog into a prohibited area.
Following a public consultation process in 2014, the existing dog prohibited areas have been reviewed.  This instrument is the result of that review.  Important changes to dog prohibited areas in the ACT made by this instrument include:
•	Lennox Gardens from dog prohibited to on-leash
•	Weston Park – (part) from dog prohibited to dog on-leash.

Declared dog prohibited areas may be viewed on the ACTMAPi website located at www.actmapi.act.gov.au.