Watch Cabinet - Wednesday 28 January 2026 10.00 am
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