UK Offence Report

Enabling Acts

The Acts of Parliament under which these offences were made. An Act grants a power; regulations made under it create the offence.

ActInstrumentsOffences
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 1 1
Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 1 1
Legal Services Act 2007 1 1
Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 1 1
Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 1 1
Licensing Act 1964 1 1
Light Railways Act1896, and by section 121(4) of the Transport Act 1968 1 1
Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006 1 1
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 1 1
Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 1 1
Local Government Finance Act 1982 1 1
Local Government Finance Act 1988 1 1
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 1 1
London Government Act 1963 1 1
Malicious Communications Act 1988 1 1
Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 1 1
Merchant Shipping Act 1894 1 1
Merchant Shipping Act 1906 1 1
Minister designated for the purposes of the European Communities Act 1972 1 1
Minister designated under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 1 1
Minister for the purposes of section 14(7) of the Harbours Act 1964 1 1
Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) Act 1952 1 1
Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Rear Seat Belts by Children) Act 1988 1 1
National Health Service, England The Health and Social Care Act 2008 1 1
Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026 1 1
No. 1070 PROCEEDS OF CRIME The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 1 1
No. 1123 ROAD TRAFFIC The International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act 1976 1 1
No. 1167 Banks And Banking The Banking Act 2009 1 1
No. 1319 Political Parties The Electoral Administration Act 2006 1 1
No. 1350 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND The Scotland Act 1998 1 1
No. 1398 Financial Services The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 1 1
No. 1452 CIVIL AVIATION The Civil Aviation Act 1982 1 1
No. 1721 DISABLED PERSONS The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 1 1
No. 174 Wildlife The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 1 1
No. 2015 DEFENCE The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 1 1
No. 2055 Defence TheArmedForces(Part 5 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 1 1
No. 206 Wildlife The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 1 1
No. 219 GAS The Gas Act 1995 1 1
No. 2211 FRIENDLY SOCIETIES The Friendly Societies Act 1992 1 1
No. 240 BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS The Biological Weapons Act 1974 1 1
No. 2487 FOOD The Food Safety Act 1990 1 1
No. 2536 BROADCASTING The Broadcasting Act 1990 1 1
No. 2537 BROADCASTING The Broadcasting Act 1990 1 1
No. 2773 Criminal Law, England And Wales The Criminal Justice Act 2003 1 1
No. 2793 Identity Cards The Identity Cards Act 2006 1 1
No. 2860 (C. 126) Companies The Companies Act 2006 1 1
No. 3085 Financial Services And Markets Immigration The Immigration Act 2014 1 1
No. 3104 Water Resources, England And Wales The Water Resources Act 1991 1 1
No. 319 BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES The Gambling Act 2005 1 1
No. 328 Road Traffic The Road Traffic Act 1988 1 1
No. 3322(C.154) COMPANIES The Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004 1 1
No. 37 Wildlife The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 1 1
No. 370 Criminal Law The Sexual Offences Act 2003 1 1
No. 401 Legal Services, England And Wales The Legal Services Act 2007 1 1
No. 445 Companies The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 1 1
No. 45 Criminal Law The Sexual Offences Act 2003 1 1
No. 568 (C. 20) Revenue And Customs The Finance Act 2007 1 1
No. 58 HARBOURS, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES The Ports Act 1991 1 1
No. 756 Civil Aviation The Civil Aviation Act 1982 1 1
No. 823 Antarctica The Antarctic Act 1994 1 1
No. 833 PRISONS, ENGLAND AND WALES The Criminal Justice Act 2003 1 1
No. 978 HEALTH AND SAFETY The Factories Act 1961 1 1
No. 992 (W.141) ZOOS, WALES The Zoo Licensing Act 1981 1 1
Northern Ireland) 2000, and section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 1 1
Order 1975 and section 2(1) of the Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 1 1
Order 1990, and section 35 of the Airports Act 1986 1 1
Order under section 1 of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 1 1
PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM The Electronic Commerce Directive (Terrorism Act 2006 1 1
PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM The Taking of Hostages Act 1982 1 1
PROTECTION OF TRADING INTERESTS The Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980 1 1
Parliament in accordance with section 101(3A) of the Transport Act 1968 1 1
Parliament in accordance with section 213(1A) of the Water Industry Act 1991 1 1
Parliament in accordance with section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 1 1
Parliament pursuant to section 195(4) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 1 1
Parliament under section 14(2)(b) of the Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001 1 1
Parliament under section 14(5)(b) of the Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001 1 1
Part 4, section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 1 1
Part 5, section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 1 1
Part II of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Justice Act 1967 1 1
Part II of Schedule 5 to, the Transport Act 1981 1 1
Pension Schemes Act 1993 1 1
Petroleum Act 1987 1 1
Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act 1975 1 1
Petroleum and Submarine Pipelines Act 1975 1 1
Pipe-lines Act 1962 1 1
Plant Varieties Act 1997 1 1
Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 1 1
Policing and Crime Act 2017 1 1
Policing. In accordance with section 63(3)(a) of the Police Act 1996 1 1
Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 1 1
Protection of Birds Act 1954 1 1
Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 1 1
Rabies Act 1974 1 1
Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 1 1
Regulations 1995) by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 1 1
Regulations. In accordance with section 129(6) of the Medicines Act 1968 1 1
Regulations. In accordance with section 14(7) of the Building Act 1984 1 1
Regulations. In accordance with section 24 of the Police Reform Act 2002 1 1
Regulations. In accordance with section 302(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1 1
Regulations. In accordance with section 8(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000 1 1