Legislation used in community and safety services

We sometimes need to use your personal information to meet our legal obligations or our public task.

The following is a non-exhaustive list of the legislation placing statutory duties on Gloucestershire County Council:

  • Accommodation Agencies Act 1953 
  • Administration of Justice Act 1970 & 1985 
  • Agriculture Act 1970 
  • Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968
  • Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act 1928
  • Animal Health Act 1981
  • Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984
  • Animal Welfare Act 2006
  • Animals Act 1971
  • Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003
  • Architects Act 1997
  • Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
  • Building Act 1984
  • Bus Services Act 2017
  • Cancer Act 1939
  • Care Act 2014 
  • Charities Act 1992
  • Children and Families Act 2014
  • Children and Young Persons Act 1933
  • Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991
  • Civil Contingencies Act 2004
  • Civil Partnership Act 2004
  • Clean Air Act 1993
  • Companies Act 2006
  • Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007
  • Consumer Credit Act 1974
  • Consumer Protection Act 1987
  • Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
  • Coroners and Justice Act 2009
  • Criminal Attempts Act 1981
  • Criminal Justice Act 1988 and 1993
  • Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
  • Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
  • Criminal Law Act 1977
  • Crossbows Act 1987
  • Customs and Excise Management Act 1979
  • Data Protection Act 2018
  • Disabled Persons’ Parking Badges Act 2013
  • Education Reform Act 1988
  • Employment Agencies Act 1973
  • Energy Act 1976
  • Enterprise Act 2002
  • Estate Agents Act 1979
  • European Communities Act 1972
  • European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
  • Explosives Act 1875 and 1923
  • Fair Trading Act 1973
  • Farm and Garden Chemicals Act 1967
  • Financial Services Act 2012
  • Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
  • Firearms Act 1968
  • Fireworks Act 1951 and 2003
  • Flood & Water Management Act 2010
  • Food and Environmental Protection Act 1985
  • Food Standards Act 1999
  • Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 and 1988
  • Fraud Act 2006
  • Gambling Act 2005
  • Hallmarking Act 1973
  • Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
  • Highways Act 1980
  • Hypnotism Act 1952
  • Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985
  • Knives Act 1997
  • Legal Services Act 2007
  • Licensing Act 2003
  • Limitation Act 1980
  • Local Government (Records) Act 1962
  • Localism Act 2011
  • Magistrates Courts Act 1980 Section 44
  • Malicious Communications Act 1988
  • Marriage Act 1949
  • Mental Capacity Act 2005
  • Misrepresentation Act 1967
  • Motor Cycle Noise Act 1987
  • National Lottery etc. Act 1993
  • National Planning Policy Framework
  • Natural Environment & Rural Communities Act 2006
  • Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995
  • Opticians Act 1989
  • Osteopaths Act 1993
  • Poisons Act 1972
  • Prices Act 1974
  • Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
  • Protection from Harassment Act 1997
  • Protection of Animals Act 1911
  • Public Health Act 1961
  • Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964
  • Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
  • Road Traffic Act 1988
  • Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972
  • Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988
  • Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
  • Sale of Goods Act 1979
  • Solicitors Act 1974
  • Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982
  • Supply of Goods (Implied Terms) Act 1973
  • Tenant Fees Act 2019
  • The Anti-Terrorism and Crime Act
  • The Concessionary Bus Travel act 2007
  • The Consumer Rights Act 2015
  • The Controlled Waste Regulations
  • The Environmental Protection Act 1990
  • The Equalities Act 2010
  • The Food Safety Act 1990
  • The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 
  • The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975
  • The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
  • The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012
  • The Transport Act 1985
  • The Transport Act 2000
  • The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations
  • The Waste Framework Directive
  • Theft Act 1968
  • Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002
  • Tobacco Products Duty Act
  • Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977
  • Trade Descriptions Act 1968
  • Trade Marks Act 1994
  • Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
  • Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971
  • Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966
  • Video Recordings Act 1984
  • Waste Management Licensing and Environmental Permitting
  • Weights and Measures Act 1976 and 1985
  • Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996