Other Legislation
Although the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and its amendments under the Police and Justice Act 2006 is the main legislation which sets out how community safety practitioners operate, there is a range of other legislation which you may use in your job. The table below lists this legislation and where you can find more information about it.
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Key points for community safety |
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Housing Act 1996 The Act is located: Guidance available: |
Provides social landlords with powers to tackle anti-social behaviour. www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19962212_en_1.htm www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1153007 |
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Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 The Act is located: Guidance available: |
Encourages youth courts to identify the reasons for youth offending, and trigger appropriate action. Also provides help for vulnerable witnesses. www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1999/19990023.htm www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/organisation/directorate-search/noms/olsp/ jou/joudocs/?version=1 |
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Police Reform Act 2002 The Act is located: Further information: |
Enlarged the group of partners required to work on community safety to include: Police Authorities, Fire Authorities and Primary Care Trusts (in Wales, every Health Authority). Requires CDRPs to include substance misuse within their strategies and audits, and allowed them to merge with DAATs if desired. Introduced fixed penalty notices that can be issued on the spot, and extended the number of agencies that can apply for ASBOs. www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2002/20020030.htm http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/police-reform/ |
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Anti Social Behaviour Act 2003 The Act is located: Guidance available: Archive material: Current approaches: |
Brings together and enhances the previous strands of legislation that touched upon anti-social behaviour. Key features include: • an expansion of fixed penalty notices • provisions for schools, local authorities and Youth Offending Teams (YOTs) to offer both packages of support and sanctions to parents • powers for the police to close ‘crack’ houses & restrictions on the use of air weapons and replica guns • steps to address environmental disorder: making it an offence to sell spray paints to under 16s and granting stronger powers to local authorities to deal with fly tipping, graffiti and fly posting • extended the powers of environmental health officers to shut down noisy establishments such as pubs and clubs • improvements for the operation of ASBOs • powers for the police to disperse groups behaving in an anti-social way. www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/20030038.htm www.together.gov.uk/cagetfile.asp?rid=536 www.together.gov.uk www.respect.gov.uk/ |
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Fireworks Act 2003 The Act is located: 2004 Regulations: Guidance: Other resources: |
This Act introduced new methods of controlling the potentially damaging effects of fireworks and made it illegal: • to possess a professional display firework (unless a fireworks professional); • to set off fireworks after 11pm (except in limited circumstances such as 5 November, which is 12 midnight); • for a young person under 18 to possess an adult firework in a public place; • for suppliers that sell adult fireworks all year round to be unlicensed. www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/30022–a.htm#3 www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2004/20041836.htm www.respect.gov.uk/content.aspx?id=7598 www.dti.gov.uk/fireworks |
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Licensing Act 2003 The Act is located: Guidance available: Further information: |
This establishes a single integrated scheme for licensing premises. It requires the development of Licensing Authorities for each District, Borough or Unitary Authority; and requires them to publish a Licensing Policy that considers the prevention of crime & disorder; public safety; prevention of public nuisance; and the protection of children from harm. www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/20030017.htm www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/Alcohol_entertainment/ http://www.culture.gov.uk/alcohol_and_entertainment |
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Criminal Justice Act 2003 The Act is located: |
This introduced tougher sentences for offences motivated by hatred of the victim’s sexual orientation which must be taken into account by the sentencing court as an aggravating factor (in addition to race or religious hate motivation). www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2003/20030044.htm |
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Children Act 2004 The Act is located: Guidance available: |
This Act gives effect to the key reforms to children’s services envisaged by ‘Every Child Matters’. www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2004/20040031.htm www.dfes.gov.uk/everychildmatters/ |
