The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Relevant Authorities and Relevant Persons) Order 2006
This Order, which comes into force on 1st September 2006, provides that the Environment Agency and Transport for London are to be relevant authorities for the purposes of sections 1, 1B, 1CA and 1E of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, that is to say bodies which (after consultation with the local authority and the police) can apply to a magistrates court for an anti-social behaviour order or (as an adjunct to other proceedings) to a county court for a similar order, for the purpose of protecting the persons specified in articles 2(3) and 3(3) respectively from further anti-social acts. Such bodies can also apply for the variation or discharge of such orders, and of similar orders made on conviction of certain offences.