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Data protection in United Kingdom

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835 matching statutes

  • United Kingdom

    Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026

    7 provisions

    This provision creates several child-welfare duties for local authorities and safeguarding bodies, including meetings, information-sharing, kinship support, housing notifications, and child protection team arrangements.

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  • United Kingdom

    Wales Act 2017

    6 provisions

    This Act changes Welsh devolution, election rules, public finance controls, and some transport and energy powers.

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  • United Kingdom

    Crime and Courts Act 2013

    17 provisions

    This provision establishes the National Crime Agency, gives the Director General control powers, and sets rules for annual planning, information disclosure, inspections, and related orders and designations.

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  • United Kingdom

    Communications Act 2003

    46 provisions

    This part gives OFCOM wide functions and duties, limits borrowing without Secretary of State consent, and requires OFCOM to follow several procedural and regulatory duties, including publication, consultation, reviews, and media literacy work.

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  • United Kingdom

    Energy Act 2023

    19 provisions

    This Part sets objectives for the Secretary of State and the economic regulator, creates licensing rules for carbon dioxide transport and storage activities, and makes unlicensed activity an offence.

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  • United Kingdom

    Northern Ireland Act 1998

    11 provisions

    This provision sets rules for Northern Ireland governance, Assembly law-making, ministerial appointments, and cross-community approvals.

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  • United Kingdom

    Enterprise Act 2002

    31 provisions

    This provision gives the CMA information, education, advice, complaint-handling, and merger-reference functions, while limiting it from supporting certain free public consumer advice schemes.

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  • United Kingdom

    Protection of Children Act 1978

    1 provisions

    It is an offence to make, take, distribute, show, possess for distribution, or advertise indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of a child, subject to stated defences and special exceptions.

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  • United Kingdom

    European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

    6 provisions

    This provision repeals the European Communities Act 1972, preserves and reinterprets parts of EU-related law for domestic effect, and sets rules for ministerial powers, parliamentary reporting, and timing around the withdrawal framework.

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  • United Kingdom

    Crime and Policing Act 2026

    19 provisions

    The provision lets a court make a respect order against an adult respondent to prevent anti-social behaviour, and sets out related duties, procedures, and offences.

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  • United Kingdom

    Social Security Administration Act 1992

    16 provisions

    The provision sets claim conditions for benefits and lets regulations require work-focused interviews, work-related activity, and related administrative rules.

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  • United Kingdom

    English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026

    15 provisions

    This provision defines several kinds of strategic authority and lets the Secretary of State designate certain councils and mayoral combined county authorities as strategic authorities, subject to consent and other limits.

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