Legal framework and supporting legislation
As a minimum our approach to ASB is delivered in line with the legal requirements affecting the council including:
- Anti-Social Behaviour, Policing & Crime, Act, 2014
- Anti-Social Behaviour Act, 2003
- Housing Act, 1996
- Data Protection Act 1998 and 2003
- Environmental Protection Act 1990
- The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (as amended)
- Human Rights Act 1998
- Police Reform Act 2002
- Police & Criminal Evidence Act (PACE)
- Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007)
- Criminal Justice and Police Act, 2001
- The Noise Act 1996 as amended by ASB Act 2003 and the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environments Act 2005
- Children’s Act 2004
- Harassment Act 1997
- Homelessness Act 2002
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
- Equalities Act 2010