Legislation Enforced

The legislation enforced by the Service is listed in the following Schedule of Statutes and is subject to amendment or addition as appropriate.

LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL - TRADING STANDARDS SERVICE

SCHEDULE OF STATUTES

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 thereunder 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.

• Abandonment of Animals Act 1960
• Administration of Justice Act 1970
• Agriculture Act 1970
• Agriculture (Misc Provisions) Act 1968
• Animal Health Act 1981/2002
• Business Names Act 1985
• Cancer Act 1939
• Children and Young Persons Act 1933
• Children and Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act 1991
• Clean Air Act 1993
• Companies Act 1985
• Consumer Credit Act 1974
• Consumer Protection Act 1987
• Control of Pollution Act 1974
• Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988
• County of Lancashire Act 1984
• Criminal Attempts Act 1981
• Development of Tourism Act 1969
• Dogs Act 1906
• Education Reform Act 1988
• Energy Act 1976
• Energy Conservation Act 1981
• Enterprise Act 2002
• Estate Agents Act 1979
• European Communities Act 1972
• **Explosives Acts 1875/1923
• Fair Trading Act 1973
• Farm and Garden Chemicals Act 1967
• Fireworks Act 2003
• Food and Environment Protection Act 1985
• ** Food Safety Act 1990
• Forgery & Counterfeiting Act 1981
• Hallmarking Act 1973
• **Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
• ***Licensing Act 1964
• Local Government (Misc Provisions) Act 1976
• Malicious Communications Act 1988
• Medicines Act 1968
• * Merchant Shipping Act 1995
• Mock Auctions Act 1961
• Motor Cycle Noise Act 1987
• Performing Animals (Regulation) Act 1925
• **Petroleum (Regulation) Acts 1928/1936
• Poisons Act 1972
• Prices Acts 1974/1975
• Property Misdescriptions Act 1991
• Protection of Animals Act 1911/1988
• Protection from Harassment Act 1997
• **Public Health Acts 1936/1961
• Road Traffic Act 1988
• Telecommunications Act 1984
• Theft Acts 1968/1978
• Timeshare Act 1992
• Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002
• Trade Descriptions Act 1968
• Trade Marks Act 1994
• Trading Representations (Disabled Persons) Act 1958
• 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 169C and 169G can only be authorised by Trading Standards Officers