Department Specific Acts and Legislation

Page updated: 13/09/2022

Anti-Social Behaviour (Crime and Policing) Act 2014

Beyond Recycling

Burial Act 1855

Clean Neighbourhood Act & Environment Act 2005

Disability Discrimination Acts

Environment (Wales) Act 2016

Environmental Protection Act 1990

Equalities Act 2010

EU revised Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC

Flood and Water Management Act 2010

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and subsequent respective legislation

Highways Act 1980

Land Drainage Act 1991

Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977

Local Government and Elections Act 2021

Police & Crime Act 2009

Public Health (Wales) Act 2017

Waste (England and Wales) (Amended) Regulations 2012

Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011

Well Being of Future Generations Act 2015

Planning (Wales) Act 2015, including various secondary legislation published post-January 2016

Town and Country Planning Act 1990

Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990

Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004

Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016

Hedgerow Regulations 1997

The Town and Country Planning (Local Development Plan) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017

Planning Policy Wales: Edition 10

Common Land Registration Act 1968

Countryside Rights of Way Act 2000

Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006

New Roads and Street Works Act 1991

The Active Travel Act 2013

The Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contravention (General Provisions)(Wales) Regulation 2013

The Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008

The Social Services and Well-being Act 2014

Traffic Management Act 2004

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981