Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008
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The Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 is an Act
of the Parliament
of the United Kingdom
which is designed to provide for more consistent enforcement of regulations across local authority boundaries, better co-ordination between local authorities and central government, and more effective enforcement of regulations. It also requires regulators to conform to certain principles. The Act was passed in response to the Hampton report, commissioned in the 2004 budget.
The Act has four parts:
Act of Parliament
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of the Parliament
Parliament
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of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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which is designed to provide for more consistent enforcement of regulations across local authority boundaries, better co-ordination between local authorities and central government, and more effective enforcement of regulations. It also requires regulators to conform to certain principles. The Act was passed in response to the Hampton report, commissioned in the 2004 budget.
The Act has four parts:
- Part 1 re-establishes Local Better Regulation Office, already established in May 2007 as a government-owned company, as a statutory corporation with statutory powers.
- Part 2 established a Primary Authority scheme, whereby businesses which operate in more than one local authority area can choose to nominate one authority as the primary one for regulatory purposes.
- Part 3 introduces four new civil penaltiesCivil law (common law)Civil law, as opposed to criminal law, is the branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals or organizations, in which compensation may be awarded to the victim...
that regulatory authorities will be able to impose on businesses.
- Part 4 imposes a duty on regulators to keep their regulatory activity under review and remove unnecessary burdens, and to keep their regulatory activities to a necessary minimum.
External links
- Explanatory notes to the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008.