Legislation enforced

The legislation enforced by Lancashire County Council Trading Standards is listed in the following schedule of statutes and is subject to amendment or addition as appropriate.

All Lancashire County Council Trading Standards duly appointed Officers are (1) appointed authorised officers for the appropriate exercise of all the County Council’s powers and duties under the Schedule of Statutes reproduced below and any statutes amending or extending the same, and appropriate Statutory Instruments, Regulations, By-Laws or Orders made there under and (2) authorised under Sections 101, 222 and 223 of the Local Government Act 1972 to appear in, on behalf of the county council, any proceedings before any Magistrates Court under the appropriate acts set out in the Schedule of Statutes.

Schedule of statutes

Administration of Justice Act 1970
Agriculture Act 1970
Agriculture (Misc Provisions) Act 1968
Animal Health Acts 1981/2002
Animal Welfare Act 2006
Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003
Bail Act 1976
Cancer Act 1939
Children and Families Act 2014
Children and Young Persons Act 1933
Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991
Clean Air Act 1993
Climate Change Act 2008
Companies Act 1985/2006
Consumer Credit Act 1974
Consumer Protection Act 1987
Consumer Rights Act 2015
Control of Pollution Act 1974
County of Lancashire Act 1984
Criminal Attempts Act 1981
Criminal Justice Act 1988
Education Reform Act 1988
Enterprise Act 2002
Environmental Protection Act 1990
Environment Act 1995
Estate Agents Act 1979
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as it continues to give effect to Regulations and Orders under which this authority has an enforcement duty)
**Explosives Act 1875
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
Fireworks Act 2003
Food and Environment Protection Act 1985
**Food Safety Act 1990
Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981
Fraud Act 2006
Hallmarking Act 1973
**Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
Housing Act 2004
Housing and Planning Act 2016
Investigatory Powers Act 2016
Knives Act 1997
***Licensing Act 2003
Local government Act 1972
Local Government (Misc Provisions) Act 1976
Malicious Communications Act 1988
*Merchant Shipping Act 1995
Motor Cycle Noise Act 1987
Offensive Weapons Act 2019
Prices Act 1974
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Protection from Harassment Act 1997
**Public Health Acts 1936/1961
Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Registered Designs Act 1949
Road Traffic Act 1988
Tenant Fees Act 2019
Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002
Trade Descriptions Act 1968
Trade Marks Act 1994
Unsolicited Goods & Services Acts 1971/1975
Video Recordings Act 1984
*Weights and Measures Act 1985

* Enforceable by Trading Standards Officers only
** Enforceable by officers who are suitably competent
*** Action undertaken under Section 149 and 152 can only be authorised by Trading Standards Officers