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Animal
health and welfare
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Enforcement of all animal health and welfare
legislation designed to protect both domesticated and
wild animals.
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Complaints -
advocacy
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Provision of an advocate who can act on behalf of a
customer who has made a complaint about one or more
services provided by the local authority.
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Consumer
advice
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Providing consumers with information and advice on
minimum standards of buying and selling of goods and
services.
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Coroners -
sudden death investigations
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The Coroner (England and Wales) or Procurator Fiscal
(Scotland) has a duty to investigate all sudden and
unexplained deaths, as well as deaths in suspicious
circumstances. Deaths are usually reported to the
Coroner or Procurator Fiscal by the police, a doctor
or the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
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Debt
and money
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Description
of goods
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Environmental
health training
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To develop a career in Environmental Health you need
to undertake an accredited course that is recognised
by the Environmental Health Officers Registration
Board, together with a 48 week work experience
placement. Local authorities may run appropriate
courses and offer placements to students.
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Fair
trading
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The aim of fair trading is to ensure truthfulness of
trade and prevent consumers being misled during
contractual negotiations for goods and services. This
legislation covers a wide area of consumer protection
law including the selling of counterfeit goods.
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Food
business - health promotion
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The local authority provides advice and information
to food businesses in the local area to ensure that
all food supplied is wholesome and produced in a
clean, hygienic manner
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Food
labelling and composition
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A local authority trading standards department will
provide information on general labelling of
pre-packed food. They will ensure that any
legislation on food labelling is complied with by
manufacturers and suppliers.
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Food
production - hygiene
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Ensuring standards are maintained in all aspect of
food production and distribution, animal health and
agriculture. This may involve inspections,
investigation of complaints and enforcement.
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Food
safety - risk assessment
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Risk assessments are a legal requirement for all food
businesses. The local authority require a risk
assessment to be carried out prior to registration of
a food business.
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Licence -
alcohol and entertainment
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The Licensing Act 2003 amalgamates six existing
licensing regimes covering the sale and supply of
alcohol, the provision of regulated entertainment,
the provision of late night refreshment and replaces
them with a single system of premises licences.
Existing licensee's already holding justices licences
granted by the magistrates court and/or public
entertainment, theatre, cinema, and night cafe
licences granted by the local authority will be able
to apply to the council to transfer those licences
into the new regime being introduced by the Licensing
Act 2003.
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Licence -
entertainment
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Licence -
explosives
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All traders who intend to store mixed explosives must
be registered, under the Explosives Act, 1875 on an
annual basis. This includes car dealers/garages who
deal with air bags.
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Licence -
motor salvage operator
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Any person who carries on a business that involves
the recovery of salvageable parts from motor vehicles
and the subsequent sale or disposal for scrap of the
remainder of the vehicle, or the purchase of 'written
off' vehicles for repair or resale, or other related
activities needs to register with their local
authority. In Scotland the Road Safety Bill currently
being considered by the Scottish Parliament may
legislate in this area.
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Licence -
storage of petroleum
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Petrol filling stations and any other premises that
store petrol for combustion engines must apply for a
Petroleum Licence issued in terms of the Petroleum
(Consolidation) Act 1928 and associated regulations.
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MOT
testing
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A council may provide MOT testing of vehicles where
council garages have been accredited to perform tests
on vehicles for local citizens and businesses in
addition to council vehicles.
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Misleading
adverts
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Nurses
agencies registration
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Nursing agencies are regulated by the Care Commission
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Pest
control
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The service is provided for pests considered to be a
risk to public health or food safety including rats,
house mice, cockroaches and fleas. A service may also
be provided to control pests that may become a
nuisance in houses such as a wide range of beetles,
silverfish, earwigs and wasps.
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Petrol
- delivery and storage
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The local authority is responsible for ensuring
safety at sites where petrol is delivered, stored and
dispensed.
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Public
health - cooling tower notification
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All premises where cooling towers and evaporative
condensers are situated must register with the local
authority under The Notification of Cooling Towers
and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992.
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Rabies
protection
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All rabies susceptible animals entering the UK are
required to spend six months in quarantine, unless
arriving under and complying with all the conditions
of the Pet Travel Scheme (PETS). The port authority
is responsible for ensuring that such animals are
taken directly into quarantine on arrival.
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Scientific
services
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The fundamental purpose of the Scientific Service is
to protect the public from unfair or unsafe trade
practices and to promote good health and clean
environment for the benefit of local citizens and
businesses. The Service provides a scientific
advisory and analytical service, of a quality
acceptable to UK Government and the EC. The service
operates in four key areas - food standards, consumer
safety, environmental protection and health and
safety at work.
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Trader
approval schemes
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Trader approval schemes aim to improve business
standards and increase customer confidence in member
businesses in the local area. Approved businesses
have agreed to abide by the terms and conditions of
the scheme and have been checked by Trading Standards
to ensure compliance.
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Trading
standards - advice to business
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Trading standards provides advice and information to
local traders to help ensure they comply with trading
standards legislation. Routine visits are usually
carried out to most local traders.
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Trading
standards - education
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Trading standards and food safety officers may offer
talks to schools, groups and businesses promoting
consumer rights and food safety awareness.
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Trading
standards - product safety
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The Trading Standards service has an important role
in supporting and advising businesses, as well as
cracking down on unsafe products and unscrupulous
traders. The local Trading Standards team ensure that
traders (and the products they sell) comply with the
requirements of the Consumer Protection Act 1987, and
the General Product Safety Regulations 1994.
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Trading
standards - retail
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This service aims to ensure that any retailer
operating in the area is confident that they can do
so in the knowledge that they are operating in a
fair, safe and equitable trading environment.
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Trading
standards - under age sales
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Trading Standards deal with under-age sales of some
products (such as tobacco, fireworks and videos) and
work with the Police to deal with under-age alcohol
sales.
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Trading
standards - weights and measures
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Trading Standards are required to ensure that all
goods sold are correctly weighed and measured in
accordance with current legislation. This is done by
checking the accuracy of weighing/measuring equipment
regularly, checking goods in stock are of the correct
weight, investigating complaints of short measure.
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