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.
- Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968
- Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards)(England) Regulations 2020
- Animal Health Act 1981
- Animal Welfare Act 2006
- Animals Act 1971
- Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals)(England) Regulations 2018
- Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003
- Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
- Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act 2021
- Brucellosis (England) Order 2015
- Cancer Act 1939
- Children and Families Act 2014
- Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991
- Children and Young Persons Act 1933
- Clean Air Act 1993 – Motor Fuel (Composition and Content), and Biofuel Labelling Regulations.
- Companies Act 2006
- Consumer Credit Act 1974
- Consumer Protection Act 1987
- Consumer Rights Act 2015
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
- Criminal Justice Act 1988
- Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
- Education Reform Act 1988
- Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and Wales) Regulations 2015
- Enterprise Act 2002
- Environmental Protection (Microbeads)(England) Regulations 2017
- Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023
- Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020
- Estate Agents Act 1979
- 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 - Fireworks Act 2003
- Food Safety Act 1990
- The Food Information Regulations 2014
- Food (Promotion and Placement) (England) Regulations 2021
- Fraud Act 2006
- Hallmarking Act 1973
- Health Act 2006
- Knives Act 1997
- Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022
- Legal Services Act 2007
- Licensing Act 2003
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982
- Local Government Act 1972
- Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021
- Motor Cycle Noise Act 1987
- Offensive Weapons Act 2019
- Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995
- Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations 2015
- Prices Act 1974
- Protection of Animals Act 1911
- Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
- Redress Schemes for Letting Agencies Work and Property Management Work (Requirement to Belong to a Scheme etc)(England) Order 2014
- Registered Designs Act 1949
- Road Traffic Acts 1988 and 1991
- Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972
- Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
- Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015
- Tenant Fees Act 2019
- and the Housing and Planning Act 2016 as it relates to Client Money Protection Schemes
- Theft Act 1968
- Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002
- Tobacco Products (Traceability and Security Features) Regulations 2019
- Trade Descriptions Act 1968
- Trade Marks Act 1994
- Unsolicited Goods and Services Acts 1971 and 1975
- Video Recordings Act 1984
- Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001
Weights and Measures Law
- 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 - Weights and Measures Act 1985
Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 Authorisation
- Sections 20, 21, 22 and 25 of the 1974 Act;
- 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 - 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.