Below are some of the more common Laws of the Land carefully selected by our Barrister.

UK Laws

Academies Act 2010
Access to Justice Act 1999
Activity Centres Young Persons Safety Act 1995
Adoption Intercountry Aspects Act 1999
Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995
Animal Health (Amendment) Act 1998
Animal Welfare Act 2006
Anti-Slavery Day Act 2010
Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009
Appropriation Act 1995
Appropriation Act 1996
Appropriation Act 2001
Appropriation Act 2002
Appropriation Act 2003
Appropriation Act 2005
Appropriation Act 2006
Appropriation Act 2007
Appropriation Act 2008
Appropriation Act 2009
Appropriation Act 2010
Appropriation Act 2011
Appropriation (No.2) Act 2001
Appropriation (No. 2) Act 2005
Appropriation (No 2) Act 2006
Appropriation (No. 2) Act 2007
Appropriation (No. 2) Act 2008
Appropriation (No. 2) Act 2009
Appropriation (No. 2) Act 2010
Appropriation (No. 3) Act 2005
Appropriation (No. 3) Act 2008
Appropriation (No. 3) Act 2010
Arbitration Act 1996
Architects Act 1997
Armed Forces Act 1996
Armed Forces Act 2001
Armed Forces Act 2006
Armed Forces Discipline Act 2000
Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004
Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Act 2003
Asylum and Immigration Act 1996
Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004
Atomic Energy Authority Act 1995
Audit Commission Act 1998
Audit Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1996
Autism Act 2009
Aviation Offences Act 2003
Bank of England Act 1998
Banking Act 2009
Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008
Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009
Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999
Bribery Act 2010
British Overseas Territories Act 2002
Broadcasting Act 1996
Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011
Building Societies Act 1997
Building Societies (Funding) and Mutual Societies (Transfers) Act 2007
Building Societies Joint Account Holders Act 1995
Business Rate Supplements Act 2009
Care Standards Act 2000
Carers and Disabled Children Act 2000
Carers (Equal Opportunities) Act 2004
Carers Recognition and Services Act 1995
Census (Amendment) Act 2000
Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996
Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Act 2008
Charities Act 2006
Charities (Amendment) Act 1995
Chemical Weapons Act 1996
Child Benefit Act 2005
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2010
Child Poverty Act 2010
Child Support Act 1995
Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000
Childcare Act 2006
Children Act 2004
Children and Adoption Act 2006
Children and Young Persons Act 2008
Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000
Children, Schools and Families Act 2010
Children (Scotland) Act 1995
Children’s Commissioner for Wales Act 2001
Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004
Civil Aviation Act 2006
Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1996
Civil Contingencies Act 2004
Civil Defence (Grant) Act 2002
Civil Evidence Act 1995
Civil Evidence Family Mediation Scotland Act 1995
Civil Partnership Act 2004
Civil Procedure Act 1997
Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
Climate Change Act 2008
Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006
Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Act 2010
Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Act 2006
Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005
Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002
Commons Act 2006
Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1995
Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1996
Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1999
Communications Act 2003
Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Act 2003
Community Care Direct Payments Act 1996
Community Care (Residential Accommodation) Act 1998
Companies Act 2006
Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004
Company and Business Names (Chamber of Commerce, Etc.) Act 1999
Compensation Act 2006
Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007
Consolidated Fund Act 1995
Consolidated Fund Act 1996
Consolidated Fund Act 2000
Consolidated Fund Act 2001
Consolidated Fund Act 2002
Consolidated Fund Act 2003
Consolidated Fund Act 2005
Consolidated Fund Act 2006
Consolidated Fund Act 2007
Consolidated Fund Act 2008
Consolidated Fund Act 2009
Consolidated Fund Act 2010
Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Act 2000
Consolidated Fund No 2 Act 1995
Consolidated Fund No 2 Act 1996
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 1999
Consolidated Fund (No.2) Act 2000
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 2001
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 2003
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act 2004
Constitutional Reform Act 2005
Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010
Consumer Credit Act 2006
Consumer Credit Act 1974
Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010
Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Act 2003
Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Act 2002
Coroners and Justice Act 2009
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
Corporation Tax Act 2009
Corporation Tax Act 2010
Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Act 2006
Counter-Terrorism Act 2008
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
Courts Act 2003
Crime and Security Act 2010
Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003
Crime (Sentences) Act 1997
Criminal Appeal Act 1995
Criminal Cases Review (Insanity) Act 1999
Criminal Defence Service Act 2006
Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Act 2001
Criminal Evidence (Amendment) Act 1997
Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008
Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995
Criminal Justice Act 2003
Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000
Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
Criminal Justice Scotland Act 1995
Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998
Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995
Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996
Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
Crossrail Act 2008
Crown Agents Act 1995
Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Act 2000
Damages Act 1996
Data Protection Act 1998
Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act 2003
Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010
Deer Amendment Scotland Act 1996
Deer Scotland Act 1996
Defamation Act 1996
Digital Economy Act 2010
Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Act 2007
Disability Discrimination Act 1995
Disability Discrimination Act 2005
Disability Rights Commission Act 1999
Disqualifications Act 2000
Divorce Religious Marriages Act 2002
Dogs Fouling of Land Act 1996
Domestic Violence Crimes and Victims Act 2004
Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008
Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Act 2009
Drugs Act 2005
Education Act 1996
Education Act 1997
Education Act 2002
Education Act 2005
Education and Inspections Act 2006
Education and Skills Act 2008
Education Scotland Act 1996
Education Student Loans Act 1996
Election Publications Act 2001
Elections Act 2001
Electoral Administration Act 2006
Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002
Electoral Registration (Northern Ireland) Act 2005
Electricity (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003
Electronic Communciations Act 2000
Emergency Workers (Obstruction) Act 2006
Employee Share Schemes Act 2002
Employment Act 2002
Employment Act 2008
Employment Relations Act 1999
Employment Relations Act 2004
Employment Rights Act 1996
Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998
Employment Tribunals Act 1996
Energy Act 2004
Energy Act 2008
Energy Act 2010
Energy Conservation Act 1996
Environment Act 1995
Environmental Protection Act 1990
Equality Act 2006
Equality Act 2010
Equitable Life (Payments) Act 2010
European Communities (Amendment) Act 2002
European Communities Finance Act 1995
European Communities Finance Act 2001
European Communities (Finance) Act 2008
European Parliament (Representation) Act 2003
European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002
European Union Accessions Act 2003
European Union (Accessions) Act 2006
European Union (Amendment) Act 2008
Export Control Act 2002
Extradition Act 2003
Family Law Act 1996
Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003
Finance Act 1995
Finance Act 1996
Finance Act 1997
Finance Act 1999
Finance Act 2000
Finance Act 2001
Finance Act 2002
Finance Act 2003
Finance Act 2004
Finance Act 2005
Finance Act 2006
Finance Act 2007
Finance Act 2008
Finance Act 2009
Finance Act 2010
Finance (No. 2) Act 1997
Finance (No. 2) Act 2005
Finance (No. 2) Act 2010
Finance (No. 3) Act 2010
Financial Services Act 2010
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
Fire Services Act 2003
Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997
Firearms Amendment (No. 2) Act 1997
Fireworks Act 2003
Fiscal Responsibility Act 2010
Flood and Water Management Act 2010
Food Standards Act 1999
Football (Disorder) Act 2000
Football (Disorder) (Amendment) Act 2002
Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999
Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007
Fraud Act 2006
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Fur Farming (Prohibition) Act 2000
Further Education and Training Act 2007
Gambling Act 2005
Gas Act 1995
Geneva Conventions Amendment Act 1995
Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Act 2009
Goods Vehicles Licensing of Operators Act 1995
Government of Wales Act 1998
Government of Wales Act 2006
Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000
Greater London Authority Act 1999
Greater London Authority Act 2007
Green Energy Definition and Promotion Act 2009
Health Act 1999
Health Act 2006
Health Act 2009
Health and Safety (Offences) Act 2008
Health and Social Care Act 2001
Health and Social Care Act 2008
Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003
Health Authorities Act 1995
Health Protection Agency Act 2004
Health Service Commissioners Amendment Act 1996
Health Service Commissioners (Amendment) Act 2000
Health (Wales) Act 2003
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Act 2004
Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Act 2009
Home Energy Conservation Act 1995
Homelessness Act 2002
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 1996
Hong Kong Overseas Public Servants Act 1996
Hong Kong War Wives and Widows Act 1996
Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004
Horserace Totalisator Board Act 1997
House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act 2001
House of Lords Act 1999
Household Waste Recycling Act 2003
Housing Act 1996
Housing Act 2004
Housing and Regeneration Act 2008
Housing Corporation (Delegation) etc. Act 2006
Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003
Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001
Human Tissue Act 2004
Human Rights Act 1998
Humber Bridge Debts Act 1996
Hunting Act 2004
Identity Cards Act 2006
Identity Documents Act 2010
Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006
Income Tax Act 2007
Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003
Income Tax Trading and Other Income Act 2005
Industrial and Provident Societies Act 2002
Industrial Development (Financial Assistance) Act 2003
Industry and Exports (Financial Support) Act 2009
Inquiries Act 2005
Insolvency Act 2000
Insurance Companies (Reserves) Act 1995
International Criminal Court Act 2001
International Development Act 2002
International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Act 2006
International Organisations Act 2005
International Tribunals (Sierra Leone) Act 2007
Investment Exchanges and Clearing Houses Act 2006
Jobseekers Act 1995
Justice and Security Northern Ireland Act 2007
Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002
Justices of the Peace Act 1997
Knives Act 1997
Land Registers Scotland Act 1995
Land Registration Act 1997
Land Registration Act 2002
Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995
Landmines Act 1998
Late Payment of Commercial Debts Interest Act 1998
Law Commission Act 2009
Law Reform (Succession) Act 1995
Law Reform Year and a Day Rule Act 1996
Learning and Skills Act 2000
Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003
Legal Services Act 2007
Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006
Licensing Act 2003
Licensing Amendment Scotland Act 1996
Licensing Sunday Hours Act 1995
Licensing (Young Persons) Act 2000
Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000
Loans to Ireland Act 2010
Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009
Local Government Act 1999
Local Government Act 2000
Local Government Act 2003
Local Government Act 2010
Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007
Local Government and Rating Act 1997
Local Government Contracts Act 1997
Local Government Finance (Supplementary Credit Approvals) Act 1997
Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Act 1997
Local Transport Act 2008
London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006
London Regional Transport Act 1996
Magistrates' Courts (Procedure) Act 1998
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
Marine Safety Act 2003
Marriage Ceremony Prescribed Words Act 1996
Marriage (Wales) Act 2010
Medical (Professional Performance) Act 1995
Mental Capacity Act 2005
Mental Health Act 2007
Mental Health (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1999
Mental Health Patients in the Community Act 1995
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997
Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006
Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1997
Mobile Telephones (Re-programming) Act 2002
Mortgage Repossessions (Protection of Tenants etc) Act 2010
National Health Service Act 2006
National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1995
National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006
National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997
National Health Service (Private Finance) Act 1997
National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002
National Health Service Residual Liabilities Act 1996
National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006
National Heritage Act 2002
National Insurance Contributions Act 2002
National Insurance Contributions Act 2006
National Insurance Contributions Act 2008
National Insurance Contributions Act 2011
National Lottery Act 1998
National Lottery Act 2006
National Lottery (Funding of Endowments) Act 2003
National Minimum Wage (Enforcement Notices) Act 2003
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006
NHS Redress Act 2006
Noise Act 1996
Non-Domestic Rating Information Act 1996
Northern Ireland Act 2000
Northern Ireland Act 2006
Northern Ireland Act 2009
Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning (Amendment) Act 2002
Northern Ireland Assembly Elections Act 2003
Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections and Periods of Suspension) Act 2003
Northern Ireland Assembly Members Act 2010
Northern Ireland Emergency Provisions Act 1996
Northern Ireland Entry to Negotiations etc Act 1996
Northern Ireland Location of Victims Remains Act 1999
Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006
Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Act 2003
Northern Ireland (Remission of Sentences) Act 1995
Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998
Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006
Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2007
Nuclear Safeguards Act 2000
Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996
Nurses Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1997
Offender Management Act 2007
Offensive Weapons Act 1996
Office of Communications Act 2002
Olympic Symbol etc. (Protection) Act 1995
Parliament (Joint Departments) Act 2007
Parliamentary Costs Act 2006
Parliamentary Standards Act 2009
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011
Party Wall etc Act 1996
Patents Act 2004
Pensions Act 1995
Pensions Act 2004
Pensions Act 2007
Pensions Act 2008
Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009
Personal Care at Home Act 2010
Pharmacists (Fitness to Practise) Act 1997
Planning Act 2008
Planning and Energy Act 2008
Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997
Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Act 1997
Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Act 2007
Police Act 1996
Police Act 1997
Police and Justice Act 2006
Police (Health and Safety) Act 1997
Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998
Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000
Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003
Police (Property) Act 1997
Police Reform Act 2002
Policing and Crime Act 2009
Political Parties and Elections Act 2009
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999
Postal Services Act 2000
Postal Services Act 2011
Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000
Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005
Prevention of Terrorism Additional Powers Act 1996
Prisoners Earnings Act 1996
Prisoners Return to Custody Act 1995
Private Hire Vehicles (Carriage of Guide Dogs etc.) Act 2002
Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998
Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995
Private Security Industry Act 2001
Proceeds of Crime Act 1995
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995
Protection from Harassment Act 1997
Protection of Animals Amendment Act 2000
Protection of Children Act 1999
Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004
Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Act 1997
Public Order Amendment Act 1996
Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act 1998
Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005
Public Trustee (Liability and Fees) Act 2002
Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000
Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006
Ragwort Control Act 2003
Railway Heritage Act 1996
Railways Act 2005
Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003
Rating Caravans and Boats Act 1996
Rating Empty Properties Act 2007
Rating (Former Agricultural Premises and Rural Shops) Act 2001
Rating (Valuation) Act 1999
Regional Assemblies Preparations Act 2003
Regional Development Agencies Act 1998
Regulation of Financial Services (Land Transactions) Act 2005
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008
Regulatory Reform Act 2001
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Representation of the People Act 2000
Requirements of Writing Scotland Act 1995
Reserve Forces Act 1996
Road Safety Act 2006
Road Traffic New Drivers Act 1995
Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Act 1999
Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997
Road Traffic Reduction (National Targets) Act 1998
Road Traffic (Vehicle Testing) Act 1999
Royal Parks (Trading) Act 2000
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1995
Sale of Student Loans Act 2008
Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009
Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Act 2010
School Inspections Act 1996
Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman and Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland Act 1997
Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004
Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) (Amendment) Act 1997
Sea Fishing Grants (Charges) Act 2000
Security Service Act 1996
Serious Crime Act 2007
Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002
Sex Offenders Act 1997
Sexual Offences Act 2003
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000
Sexual Offences Conspiracy and Incitement Act 1996
Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Act 1997
Shipping and Trading Interests Protection Act 1995
Social Security Act 1998
Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997
Social Security Contributions (Share Options) Act 2001
Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999
Social Security Fraud Act 2001
Social Security Overpayments Act 1996
Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997
South Africa Act 1995
Special Education Needs (Information) Act 2008
Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001
State Pension Credit Act 2002
Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995
Statute Law Repeals Act 2004
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2008
Statutory Instruments Production and Sale Act 1996
Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010
Sunday Working (Scotland) Act 2003
Superannuation Act 2010
Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004
Sustainable Communities Act 2007
Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Act 2010
Sustainable Energy Act 2003
Tax Credits Act 1999
Tax Credits Act 2002
Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010
Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998
Telecommunications (Fraud) Act 1997
Television Licences (Disclosure of Information) Act 2000
Terrorism Act 2000
Terrorism Act 2006
Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Act 2006
Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010
Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Act 2010
Theft Amendment Act 1996
Third Parties Rights against Insurers Act 2010
Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002
Top 21 Acts
Town and Country Planning (Costs of Inquiries etc.) Act 1995
Trading Schemes Act 1996
Traffic Management Act 2004
Transfer of Crofting Estates (Scotland) Act 1997
Transport Act 2000
Transport (Wales) Act 2006
Travel Concessions (Eligibility) Act 2002
Treasure Act 1996
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
Trustee Act 2000
Trustee Delegation Act 1999
Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
UK Borders Act 2007
United Nations Personnel Act 1997
Utilities Act 2000
Vehicle Registration Marks Act 2007
Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001
Video Recordings Act 2010
Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006
Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000
Waste and Emissions Trading Act 2003
Waste Minimisation Act 1998
Water Act 2003
Water Industry Act 1999
Welfare Reform Act 2007
Welfare Reform Act 2009
Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999
Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996
Wireless Telegraphy Act 1998
Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006
Work and Families Act 2006
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999

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Below are some of the more common Laws of the Land carefully selected by our Barrister.

UK Laws