Legal background
A list of legislation referenced or amended by the Act is as follows (alphabetised):
Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016
Academies Act 2010
Acquisition of Land Act 1981
Agriculture Act 1967
Agriculture, Land Drainage and Irrigation Projects (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
Ancient Monuments and Archeological Areas Act 1979
Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009
Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018
Building Act 1984
Building Safety Act 2022
Business and Planning Act 2020
Bus Services Act 2017
Charities Act 2011
Childcare Act 2006
Children Act 2004
Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016
Civic Amenities Act 1967
Commons Act 2006
Companies Act 2006
Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981
Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
Conservation (Natural Habitats etc) Regulations (Northern Ireland) Act 1995
Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017
Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007
Co-operative and Community Benefits Societies Act 2014
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
County Courts Act 1984
Courts Act 2003
Courts Act 2022
Crime and Disorder Act 1998
Criminal Justice Act 2001
Criminal Justice Act 2003
Criminal Justice (Sex Offenders and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2013
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
Crown Private Estates Act 1862
Data Protection Act 2018
Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994
Digital Economy Act 2017
Education Act 1996
Education and Inspections Act 2006
Elections Act 2022
Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962
Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017
Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017)
Employment Agencies Act 1973
Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969
Environment Act 1995
Environment Act 2021
Environment (Wales) Act 2016
Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004
Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004
Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Wales) Regulations 2004
Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005
Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015
Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No 2) Regulations 2006
Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (Wales) Regulations 2017
Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999
Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
Environmental Impact Assessment (Land Drainage Improvements Works) Regulations 1999
Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
Equality Act 2010
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
Forestry (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Further and Higher Education Act 1992
Government of Wales Act 2006
Greater London Authority Act 1999
Harbours Act 1964
Health and Care Act 2022
Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003
Highways Act 1980
Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953
Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023
Housing Act 1985
Housing Act 1988
Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996
Housing and Planning Act 2016
Housing and Regeneration Act 2008
Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969
Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017
Inquiries Act 2005
Insolvency Act 1986
Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954
Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010
Land Clauses Consolidation Act 1845
Land Compensation Act 1961
Land Compensation Act 1973
Land Registration Act 2002
Landlord and Tenant Act 1954
Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
Landlord and Tenant Act 1987
Leasehold Reform Act 1967
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014
Local Authorities (Capital Finance and Accounting) (England) Regulations 2003
Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000
Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970
Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009
Local Government Act 1894
Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1974
Local Government Act 1985
Local Government Act 1986
Local Government Act 1988
Local Government Act 1999
Local Government Act 2000
Local Government Act 2003
Local Government and Housing Act 1989
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007
Local Government Finance Act 1992
Local Government Finance Act 1988
Local Government Grants (Social Need) Act 1969
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982
Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980
Local Government (Records) Act 1962
Local Government (Overseas Assistance) Act 1993
Localism Act 2011
Local Transport Act 2008
London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2007
Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
Ministers of the Crown Act 1975
Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017
National Health Service Act 2006
National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006
National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949
Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017
New Roads and Street Works Act 1991
New Towns Act 1981
Norfolk and Suffolk Broad Act 1968
Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Regulations 2011
Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations 1999
Offshore Petroleum Activities (Conservation of Habitats) Regulations 2001
Offshore Petroleum Production and Pipe-Lines (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1999
Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Production, Unloading and Storage (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2020
Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2000
Planning Act 2008
Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011
Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004
Planning and Energy Act 2008
Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990
Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
Police, Crime Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
Police Reform Act 2002
Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
Policing and Crime Act 2017
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
Procurement Act 2023
Protection from Eviction Act 1977
Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005
Protection of Wrecks Act 1973
Public Bodies (Marine Management Organisation) (Fees) Order 2014
Public Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999
Public Health Act 1925
Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907
Public Health Service Act 1990
Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981
Railways Act 1993
Railways Act 2005
Railway Clauses Consolidation Act 1845
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008
Rent Act 1977
Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976
Representation of the People Act 1983
Road Traffic Act 1988
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993
Roads (Scotland) Act 1984
School Sites Act 1841
School Standards and Framework Act 1998
Self-build and Custom housebuilding Act 2015
Sentencing Code
Sexual Offences Act 2003
Sex Offenders Act 2006
Sex Offenders (Jersey) Law 2010Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022
Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979
Stock Transfer Act 1982
Technical and Further Education Act 2017
Town and Country Planning Act 1990
Town and Country Planning (Consultation)(England) Direction 2021
Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017
Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
Town and Country Planning (environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016
Town and Country Planning Act (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017
Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Undetermined Reviews of Old Minerals Permissions) (Wales) Regulations 2009
Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Act 2023
Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006
Transport Act 1968
Transport Act 1985
Transport Act 2000
Transport and Works Act 1992
Transport and Works (Applications and Objections procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2006
Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007
Transport and Works (Applications and Objections procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2006
Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 (Applications and Objections Procedure) Rules 2007
Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
Trustee Investments Act 1961
UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021
Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994
Vagrancy Act 1824
Water Industry Act 1991
Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003
Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
Welsh Development Agency Act 1975
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
	Otherwise, the relevant legal background is explained in the policy background section of these Notes.