Making a complaint about annoying creatures Section 49, Sub Section (2), of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, deals with complaints about annoying creatures. A person, who has reasonable cause for annoyance, can make an application, to the local Justice of the Peace Court, for an Order to be made requiring the owner of the creature to take action to prevent the annoyance from continuing. Annoying creaturesĪnnoying creatures might be dogs barking, or cockerels crowing, for prolonged periods of time, or at unsociable hours. We can deal with unacceptable construction noise under Section 60 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974.įind out more about construction noise. Members of the public can contact us for information on acceptable times and levels of noise and to make complaints regarding noise arising from construction activities. Officers will advise you on the action to be taken and update them throughout their investigation. In some circumstances arrangements will be made to have officers attend out of normal working hours, each case is considered on its merits. Our officers will investigate using a number of techniques including, where appropriate, the use of Directed Surveillance authorised under the Control of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act, 2000. We do not operate an out of hours service. Noise nuisance is investigated by officers from our Environmental Health Service.
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