Authorities responsible for strategies.
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities and police must cooperate to create crime reduction strategies Local authority
Enforced by
What's here
19 compliance obligations
Penalty landscape
2 of 19 obligations carry imprisonment (7 years). 4 carry different penalties and 13 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
Plus 11 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Police Forces
Enforce criminal law including licensing conditions (e.g. alcohol, entertainment), knife sales restrictions, and age-restricted product sales. Work with trading standards on enforcement …
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