Environmental Health and Licensing Enforcement Policy

Pages in Environmental Health and Licensing Enforcement Policy

  1. 1. Background and introduction
  2. 2. Objectives of the Enforcement Policy
  3. 3. You are here: The key aspects of the policy
  4. 4. Prevention and promotion
  5. 5. Enforcement actions
  6. 6. Our standards
  7. 7. Recovering the cost of enforcement action
  8. 8. Publicity
  9. 9. Consultation with customers
  10. 10. Complaints and appeals

3. The key aspects of the policy

4.1 All enforcement actions and investigations work whether formal or informal will be undertaken in accordance with and are based on applicable legislation and guidance including:

  • Relevant Acts of Parliament
  • Regulations and Codes of Practice made under the key relevant acts for each enforcement area
  • Central & National Guidance from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Local Government Regulation (LGR), The Health & Safety Executive, The Local Authority Unit (LAU), The Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), The Environment Agency (EA), The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) and The Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO)
  • Benchmarking exercises, Best Practice arising from liaison groups and Best Value Reviews
  • Central and Local Government Enforcement Concordat