Synopsis
This is an essential reference source, providing an accessible entry into enforcement procedures for the complex body of UK environmental health law. The main legal procedures used in the environmental health field are presented as flow charts supported by explanatory text.
All chapters are updated to reflect new legislation and statutory guidance including:
- food safety – details of the new procedures now in place following both EC and UK legislation implemented in 2006
- housing standards – new standards and processes for securing acceptable housing following the radical changes brought by the Housing Act 2004
- Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
- Licensing Act 2003.
Covering all you need to know, environmental health officers and students will find this essential reading. It will also be a valuable reference for everyone whose responsibilities demand they keep abreast of current environmental health practices.
Contents
| 1 | Introduction | 1 | ||
| 2 | Public health acts | 13 | ||
| 3 | Building Act 1984 | 38 | ||
| 4 | Water Industry Act 1991 | 63 | ||
| 5 | Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 | 78 | ||
| 6 | Environmental Protection Act 1990 (with Noise Act 1996 and the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005) | 90 | ||
| 7 | Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 with the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 | 169 | ||
| 8 | Environment Act 1995 | 193 | ||
| 9 | Clean Air Act 1993 | 204 | ||
| 10 | Control of Pollution Act 1974 (noise control provisions) | 231 | ||
| 11 | Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (with associated regulations) | 250 | ||
| 12 | Food control and hygiene legislation | 288 | ||
| 13 | Licensing | 322 | ||
| 14 | Housing acts | 389 | ||
| 15 | Miscellaneous |
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