Key legislation
The main legislation and guidance to which this policy relates but not exclusively so, is:
- The Offences (Fixed Penalties) (England) Regulations 2017
- The Littering from Vehicles Outside London (Keepers: Civil Penalties) Regulations 2018
- Dog Fouling of Land Act 1996
- Local Government Act 1972
- Human Rights Act 1998
- Data Protection Act 1998 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) effective from 25.05.2018
- Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (CNEA)
- Section 3, 4 and 6 (Nuisance Parking)
- Section 10 (Abandoned Vehicles)
- Sections 19, 22 and 24 (Litter & Refuse)
- Sections 28 to 30 (Graffiti & Fly Posting)
- Sections 38, 45, 48 and 52 (Transport of Waste)
- Sections 46, 47 and 47ZA (Receptacles for household & Commercial Waste)
- Sections 55 and 59 (Dog Control Orders – until 2017)
- Sections 73 to 76 (Audible Intruder Alarms)
- Sections 82 to 85 (Noise from Premises)
- Sections 96 to 98 (Use of Fixed Penalty Receipts)
- Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA)
- Sections 34A (2),46A - D 47ZA and B, 88(1), 94A, and Schedule 3A Paragraph 7, 33, 87, 71, 80, 59, 92a, 94
- Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (ASBA), Section 43
- Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 (RD(A)A, Section 2(A)
- Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 (CP(A)A), Section 5B
- Health Act 2006 (HA), Section 9
- The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2006 and 2007
- The Environmental Offences (Use of Fixed Penalty Receipts) Regulations 2006 and 2007
- The Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(Amendment) Regulations 2012
- Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, Anti-social behaviour guidance for professionals March 2023
- Deregulation Act 2015 Section 58 and Schedule 12
- The unauthorised Deposit of Waste (Fixed Penalties) Regulations 2016
- Control of Horses Act 2015
- PACE
- Animal Health Act 1981 Section 13
- The Control of Dogs Order 1992
- The Environment Act 1995 Section 108
- The Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
- The Control of Waste (dealing with seized property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015
- The Housing Act 1985
- Regulator of Social Housing Consumer Standards and Code of Practice