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  o 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 Section 52 and 68
  • 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