Legal background
- A list of legislation referenced or amended by the Act is as follows (alphabetised):
- Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016
- Academies Act 2010
- Acquisition of Land Act 1981
- Agriculture Act 1967
- Agriculture, Land Drainage and Irrigation Projects (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
- Ancient Monuments and Archeological Areas Act 1979
- Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009
- Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018
- Building Act 1984
- Building Safety Act 2022
- Business and Planning Act 2020
- Bus Services Act 2017
- Charities Act 2011
- Childcare Act 2006
- Children Act 2004
- Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016
- Civic Amenities Act 1967
- Commons Act 2006
- Companies Act 2006
- Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
- Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981
- Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
- Conservation (Natural Habitats etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) Act 1995
- Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
- Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007
- Co-operative and Community Benefits Societies Act 2014
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
- County Courts Act 1984
- Courts Act 2003
- Courts Act 2022
- Crime and Disorder Act 1998
- Criminal Justice Act 2001
- Criminal Justice Act 2003
- Criminal Justice (Sex Offenders and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2013
- Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
- Crown Private Estates Act 1862
- Data Protection Act 2018
- Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994
- Digital Economy Act 2017
- Education Act 1996
- Education and Inspections Act 2006
- Elections Act 2022
- Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962
- Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017
- Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017)
- Employment Agencies Act 1973
- Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969
- Environment Act 1995
- Environment Act 2021
- Environment (Wales) Act 2016
- Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004
- Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004
- Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Wales) Regulations 2004
- Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005
- Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015
- Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No 2) Regulations 2006
- Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
- Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Wales) Regulations 2017
- Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999
- Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
- Environmental Impact Assessment (Land Drainage Improvements Works) Regulations 1999
- Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
- Equality Act 2010
- European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
- Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
- Forestry (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
- Further and Higher Education Act 1992
- Government of Wales Act 2006
- Greater London Authority Act 1999
- Harbours Act 1964
- Health and Care Act 2022
- Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003
- Highways Act 1980
- Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953
- Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023
- Housing Act 1985
- Housing Act 1988
- Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996
- Housing and Planning Act 2016
- Housing and Regeneration Act 2008
- Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969
- Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017
- Inquiries Act 2005
- Insolvency Act 1986
- Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954
- Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010
- Land Clauses Consolidation Act 1845
- Land Compensation Act 1961
- Land Compensation Act 1973
- Land Registration Act 2002
- Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
- Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
- Leasehold Reform Act 1967
- Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993
- Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006
- Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014
- Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) Regulations 2003
- Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000
- Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970
- Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009
- Local Government Act 1894
- Local Government Act 1972
- Local Government Act 1974
- Local Government Act 1985
- Local Government Act 1986
- Local Government Act 1988
- Local Government Act 1999
- Local Government Act 2000
- Local Government Act 2003
- Local Government and Housing Act 1989
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007
- Local Government Finance Act 1992
- Local Government Finance Act 1988
- Local Government Grants (Social Need) Act 1969
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982
- Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980
- Local Government (Records) Act 1962
- Local Government (Overseas Assistance) Act 1993
- Localism Act 2011
- Local Transport Act 2008
- London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939
- Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
- Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007
- Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
- Ministers of the Crown Act 1975
- Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017
- National Health Service Act 2006
- National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006
- National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949
- Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017
- New Roads and Street Works Act 1991
- New Towns Act 1981
- Norfolk and Suffolk Broad Act 1968
- Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Regulations 2011
- Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations 1999
- Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) Regulations 2001
- Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-Lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999
- Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Unloading and Storage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2020
- Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2000
- Planning Act 2008
- Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011
- Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
- Planning and Energy Act 2008
- Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
- Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990
- Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
- Police, Crime Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
- Police Reform Act 2002
- Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
- Policing and Crime Act 2017
- Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
- Procurement Act 2023
- Protection from Eviction Act 1977
- Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005
- Protection of Wrecks Act 1973
- Public Bodies (Marine Management Organisation) (Fees) Order 2014
- Public Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999
- Public Health Act 1925
- Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907
- Public Health Service Act 1990
- Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981
- Railways Act 1993
- Railways Act 2005
- Railway Clauses Consolidation Act 1845
- Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008
- Rent Act 1977
- Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976
- Representation of the People Act 1983
- Road Traffic Act 1988
- Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
- Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993
- Roads (Scotland) Act 1984
- School Sites Act 1841
- School Standards and Framework Act 1998
- Self-build and Custom housebuilding Act 2015
- Sentencing Code
- Sexual Offences Act 2003
- Sex Offenders Act 2006
- Sex Offenders (Jersey) Law 2010Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022
- Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979
- Stock Transfer Act 1982
- Technical and Further Education Act 2017
- Town and Country Planning Act 1990
- Town and Country Planning (Consultation)(England) Direction 2021
- Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017
- Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
- Town and Country Planning (environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016
- Town and Country Planning Act (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017
- Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Undetermined Reviews of Old Minerals Permissions) (Wales) Regulations 2009
- Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Act 2023
- Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006
- Transport Act 1968
- Transport Act 1985
- Transport Act 2000
- Transport and Works Act 1992
- Transport and Works (Applications and Objections procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2006
- Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007
- Transport and Works (Applications and Objections procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2006
- Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 (Applications and Objections Procedure) Rules 2007
- Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992
- Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
- Trustee Investments Act 1961
- UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021
- Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994
- Vagrancy Act 1824
- Water Industry Act 1991
- Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003
- Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
- Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
- Welsh Development Agency Act 1975
- Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
- Otherwise, the relevant legal background is explained in the policy background section of these Notes.
