Legislation enforced by the Trading Standards team

Officers in the Trading Standards team are authorised to:

a)    enforce the provisions of the legislation listed on the officer’s authorisation below.
b)    authenticate documents issued by them on behalf of the Council.
c)    serve Statutory Notices on behalf of the Council.

1. Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968
2. Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards)(England) Regulations 2020
3. Animal Health Act 1981
4. Animal Welfare Act 2006
5. Animals Act 1971
6. Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals)(England) Regulations 2018
7. Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003
8. Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
9. Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021
10. Brucellosis (England) Order 2015
11. Cancer Act 1939
12. Children and Families Act 2014
13. Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991
14. Children and Young Persons Act 1933
15. Clean Air Act 1993 – Motor Fuel (Composition and Content), and Biofuel Labelling Regulations.
16. Companies Act 2006
17. Consumer Credit Act 1974
18. Consumer Protection Act 1987
19. Consumer Rights Act 2015
20. Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
21. Criminal Justice Act 1988
22. Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
23. Education Reform Act 1988
24. Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and Wales) Regulations 2015
25. Enterprise Act 2002
26. Environmental Protection (Microbeads)(England) Regulations 2017
27. Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023
28. Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020
29. Estate Agents Act 1979
30. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 as it continues to give effect to the following Regulations or Orders under which this local authority has an enforcement duty:
    i.    Advanced Television Services Regulations 2003
    ii.    African Horse Sickness (England) Regulations 2012
    iii.    Animal By-Products(Enforcement)(England) Regulations 2013
    iv.    Avian influenza (Preventative Measures)(England) Regulations 2006
    v.    Avian Influenza (Vaccination)(England) Regulations 2006
    vi.    Beef and Veal Labelling Regulations 2010
    vii.    Biofuel Labelling Regulations 2004
    viii.    Bluetongue Regulations 2008
    ix.    Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008
    x.    Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008
    xi.    Cattle Identification Regulations 2007
    xii.    Construction Products Regulations 2013
    xiii.    Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013
    xiv.    Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
    xv.    Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012
    xvi.    Cosmetic Products Enforcement Regulations 2013 and the EU Cosmetic Products Regulation 1223/2009
    xvii.    Crystal Glass (Descriptions) Regulations 1973
    xviii.    Detergents Regulations 2010
    xix.    Diseases of Swine Regulations 2014
    xx.    EC Fertilisers (England and Wales) Regulations 2006
    xxi.    Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2009
    xxii.    Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016
    xxiii.    Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016
    xxiv.    Energy Information Regulations 2011 
    xxv.    Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012
    xxvi.    Equine Identification (England) Regulations 2018
    xxvii.    Financial Services (Distance Marketing) Regulations 2004
    xxviii.    Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations 2015
    xxix.    Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Control of Vaccination)(England) Regulations 2006
    xxx.    Footwear (Indication of Composition) Labelling Regulations 1995
    xxxi.    Gas Appliances (Enforcement) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018
    xxxii.    General Product Safety Regulations 2005
    xxxiii.    Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018
    xxxiv.    Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015
    xxxv.    Passenger Car (Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emissions Information) Regulations 2001
    xxxvi.    Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018
    xxxvii.    Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016
    xxxviii.    Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control)(England) Regulations 2008
    xxxix.    Pyrotechnic Articles (Safety) Regulations 2015
    xl.    Quality Schemes (Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs) Regulations 2018
    xli.    Radio Equipment Regulations 2017 
    xlii.    REACH Enforcement Regulations 2008
    xliii.    Recreational Craft Regulations 2017
    xliv.    Registration of Establishments (Laying Hens)(England) Regulations 2003
    xlv.    Rights of Passengers in Bus and Coach Transport (Exemptions and Enforcement) Regulations 2013
    xlvi.    Simple Pressure Vessels (Safety) Regulations 2016
    xlvii.    Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008
    xlviii.    Textile Products (Labelling and Fibre Composition) Regulations 2012
    xlix.    Timeshare, Holiday Products, Resale and Exchange Contracts Regulations 2010
    l.    Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016
    li.    Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 
    lii.    Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011
    liii.    Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018
    liv.    Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013
    lv.    Volatile Organic Compounds in Paints, Varnishes and Vehicle Refinishing Products Regulations 2012
    lvi.    Welfare of Animals at Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015
    lvii.    Zoonoses (Monitoring) (England) Regulations 2007
31. Fireworks Act 2003
32. Food Safety Act 1990
33. The Food Information Regulations 2014 
34. Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021
35. Fraud Act 2006
36. Hallmarking Act 1973
37. Health Act 2006
38. Knives Act 1997
39. Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022
40. Legal Services Act 2007
41. Licensing Act 2003
42. Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
43. Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982
44. Local Government Act 1972
45. Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021
46. Motor Cycle Noise Act 1987
47. Offensive Weapons Act 2019
48. Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995
49. Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015
50. Prices Act 1974
51. Protection of Animals Act 1911
52. Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
53. Redress Schemes for Letting Agencies Work and Property Management Work (Requirement to Belong to a Scheme etc)(England) Order 2014
54. Registered Designs Act 1949
55. Road Traffic Acts 1988 and 1991
56. Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972
57. Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
58. Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015
59. Tenant Fees Act 2019 
60. and the Housing and Planning Act 2016 as it relates to Client Money Protection Schemes
61. Theft Act 1968
62. Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002
63. Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) Regulations 2019
64. Trade Descriptions Act 1968
65. Trade Marks Act 1994
66. Unsolicited Goods and Services Acts 1971 and 1975
67. Video Recordings Act 1984
68. Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001

Weights and Measures Law

1. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 as it continues to give effect to the following Regulations or Orders under which this local authority has an enforcement duty: 
   •    Measuring Container Bottles (EEC Requirements) Regulations 1977
   •    Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 
   •    Non-automatic Weighing Instruments Regulations 2016 
   •    Weights & Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006
2. Weights and Measures Act 1985

Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 Authorisation

1. Sections 20, 21, 22 and 25 of the 1974 Act; 
2. The following Regulations made under the 1974 Act:
   •    The Ammonium Nitrate Materials (High Nitrogen Content) Safety Regulations 2003
   •    The Biocidal Products and Chemicals (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations 2013
   •    The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2009 
   •    The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002,
   •    The Explosives Regulations 2014
   •    The Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014 
3. The provisions of the following Acts mentioned in Schedule 1 to the 1974 Act: 
   •    Explosives Act 1875 
   •    Public Health Acts 1936 and 1961

Please note: not all officers are authorised to enforce all of the above listed legislation. Officers each have a Delegated Powers: Officer Authorisation, signed by the Assistant Director Housing and Public Protection, setting out the legislation that they are empowered to enforce.