Environmental health law is a wide-ranging, detailed and complex body of law within the UK. Bassett's Environmental Health Procedures is an established and essential reference source which provides an accessible entry into enforcement and administrative procedures for environmental health. The main legal procedures used in the environmental health field are presented as flow charts supported by explanatory text.
This ninth edition refines the structure introduced in the eighth edition, with each chapter addressing a single topic. It has introduced the titles of the corresponding legislation in Scotland and Northern Ireland where there is such legislation. The book has been updated throughout to reflect new practices, legislation and statutory guidance. Specifically, the ninth edition contains new content on antisocial behaviour and significant updates to sections on:
Enforcement and administration
Environmental protection
Food safety
Housing
Public health.
Environmental health officers/practitioners and students will find this book invaluable. It will also be an essential reference for all those whose responsibilities demand they keep abreast of current environmental health practices.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Bassett's Environmental Health Procedures provides practical guidance on implementing the wide and diverse range of legislation in the field of Environmental Health. I would thoroughly recommend it to all Environmental Health Practitioners." Alan Higgins, independent Environmental and Waste Consultant
Auflage
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Academic, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development
Illustrationen
3 s/w Tabellen, 155 s/w Zeichnungen
3 Tables, black and white; 155 Line drawings, black and white
Maße
Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 174 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-367-18328-8 (9780367183288)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Bill Bassett authored the first seven editions of Environmental Health Procedures, the first of which appeared in 1983. His dedication to navigating and clarifying the relevant regulations and laws in this book has aided countless environmental health practitioners in the UK and beyond. Bill passed the baton to Tim Deveaux in 2013, but remained on hand to help both the new author and the publisher throughout. The ninth edition continues in the spirit of Bill's classic book, and is the second to be named after him. Bill sadly died in 2017 and his legacy remains a testament to a leading, visionary and dedicated environmental health practitioner.
Tim Deveaux is an independent environmental health practitioner with 36 years of public sector experience in a wide range of areas in environmental health and sustainability. His experience includes housing, drainage, food safety, health and safety, air pollution and noise, infectious disease control, developing and implementing strategies to change behaviour, and protecting the environment and human health, particularly in planning for, and implementing, climate change and sustainability solutions.
Autor*in
formerly Chief Executive and Director of Housing and Environmental Health to the City of Exeter, UK
Chartered Environmental Health Practitioner, UK
CONTENTS
Preface
Extract from the preface to the first edition
Acknowledgements
Part 1: Current Environmental Health legal structure, process and policies
How the book is structured
Chapter 1 Enforcement and Compliance Framework
The Framework for Local Authority Enforcement, Operational and Health Improvement Policies
Options for Obtaining Compliance and Environmental Health Interventions
Primary Authorities
Chapter 2 Common Provisions in Legislation
Enforcing authorities
Authorisation
Delegation
Powers of Entry
Service of Notices
Information Regarding Ownerships Etc.
Recording Decisions
Chapter 3 Professional Practice
Chapter 4 Legal Proceedings
Preparing a case
Court procedure
Appendices
Part 2: Environmental Protection
Chapter 1 Air Quality
Height of chimneys serving furnaces
Height of chimneys not serving furnaces
Control of grit and dust from furnaces
Measurement of grit and dust from furnaces
Prohibition of dark smoke etc. from chimneys
Prohibition of dark smoke etc. from industrial and trade premises
Smoke control areas
Burning of crop residues
Cable burning
Obtaining information about atmospheric pollution
Local authority reviews of air quality
Air Quality Management Areas
Chapter 2 Environmental Damage and Contaminated Land
Environmental damage
Contaminated Land
Chapter 3 Pollution Prevention
Environmental permitting
Permitting of activities by Local Authorities
Chapter 4 Noise
Noise nuisances, Noisy parties and Noise in the Street
Consents for the use of loudspeakers in streets
Noise from construction sites
Noise from certain premises at night
Seizure of equipment used to make noise unlawfully
Audible alarms notification areas
Part 3: Food Safety and Food Standards
Food control and hygiene legislation
Registration of food business establishments
Approval of product-specific establishments
Registration and Approval of Animal By Products Plants
Hygiene improvement notices
Hygiene prohibition orders
Hygiene emergency prohibition notices and orders
Remedial action notices and detention notices
Detention and seizure of food
Imported food
Sampling of food for analysis and examination
Closure notices on mollusc harvesting areas
Food Standards
Part 4: Health and Safety
General procedural provisions
Improvement and prohibition notices
Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences
Notification of cooling towers and evaporative condensers
Seizure of dangerous articles or substances
Part 5: Housing and Health
Chapter 1
Structure of the law dealing with housing standards and their enforcement
General procedural provisions
Housing standards: the housing health and safety rating system (HHSRS)
Housing standards for accommodation of the homeless
Fitness for Human Habitation
Energy Efficiency
Smoke Alarms and Carbon Monoxide Alarms
Chapter 2 Enforcement options
Enforcement
General approach to enforcement
Fixed Penalty Notices
Improvement
Renewal Areas
Improvement notices
Prohibition orders
Hazard awareness notices
Notice of emergency remedial action
Emergency prohibition orders
Means of escape from certain high buildings
Defective premises
Overcrowding notices for non-HMOs
Restoration or Continuation of Supply of Water, Gas or Electricity
Disabled Facilities Grants
Empty properties
Dangerous buildings
Protection of buildings
Empty dwelling management orders
Demolition
Ruinous and dilapidated buildings
Demolition orders
Demolition of buildings
Clearance areas
Compulsory purchase
Chapter 3 Housing licensing
Selective licensing of residential accommodation
Private landlords' accreditation schemes
Chapter 4 Houses in multiple occupation
Houses in multiple occupation - Definitions
Houses in multiple occupation declarations
Licensing of houses in multiple occupation
Designation of areas by local authorities for the additional licensing of HMOs
Interim management orders
Final management orders
Temporary exemption notices for HMOs
Overcrowding notices for HMOs
Chapter 5 Rogue Landlords
Rogue Landlords Banning Orders
Rogue Landlords Database
Rent repayment orders
Protection from Eviction
Preventing Retaliatory Eviction
Chapter 6 Temporary accommodation
Mobile Homes and Caravan sites
Licensing of camping sites
Part 6: Anti Social Behaviour
Anti-Social Behaviour: Landlords' Policies and Possession Procedures
Closure of Premises Associated with Nuisance or Disorder Etc
Community Protection Notices
Public Spaces Protection Orders
Part 7: Public Health
Chapter 1 Animal welfare
Animal Welfare
Animal boarding establishments
Dangerous wild animals
Pet shops
Riding establishments
Chapter 2 Disease control
Infectious diseases control: Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
Notification of diseases
Local authority powers to prevent spread of infection
Power to order health measures in relation to persons, things and premises
Disinfection or decontamination of things and premises
Cleansing of filthy or verminous premises, articles and persons
Skin piercing and other special treatments
Chapter 3Dog and horse control
Control of horses
Seizure of stray dogs
Chapter 4 Exhumations
Exhumations
Chapter 5 Hoarding
Chapter 6 Removal of unauthorised campers
Chapter 7 Pest control
Control of rats and mice
Chpater 8 Port health
Infectious diseases control - aircraft
Infectious diseases control - trains
Infectious diseases control - ships
Chapter 9 Public Health Funerals
Chapter 10 Sanitation and drainage
General procedural provisions: Public Health Act 1936 and 1961
General procedural provisions: Building Act 1984
Defective sanitary conveniences
Sanitary conveniences: provision/replacement
Sanitary conveniences at places of entertainment etc.
Conversion of earth closets etc. to water closets
Blocked private sewers
Stopped-up drains, private sewers, etc.
Defective drainage to existing buildings
Repair of drains, private sewers, etc. by local authorities
Paving of yards and passages
Overflowing and leaking cesspools
Chapter 11 Statutory nuisances
Statutory nuisances
Chapter 12 Waste
Waste on land
Litter
Litter offences
Littering From Vehicles
Litter abatement orders
Accumulations of rubbish
Removal and disposal of abandoned refuse
Removal of controlled waste on land
Removal of noxious matter
Abandoned trolleys
Abandoned vehicles
Receptacles for commercial and industrial waste
Receptacles for household waste
Scrap metal dealers
Chapter 13 Water supply
General procedural provisions: Water Industry Act 1991
Control over public water supplies
Control over private water supplies
Water supply for new houses
Closure or restriction of polluted water supply
Part 8: Public Safety
Controls over trading on Sundays at large shops
Street trading
Street collections
Sex establishment licences
Pleasure boat licensing
INDEXES
List of flow charts
Subject index of procedures
