{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/section-B1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/section-B1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/12",
  "legislation_title": "Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014",
  "path": "section/B1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "B1",
  "heading": "Section A1: meaning of “relevant authority”",
  "text": "(1) This section applies for the purposes of section A1.\n(2) “Relevant authority” means—\n(a) a local authority,\n(b) a housing provider,\n(c) the chief officer of police for a police area,\n(d) the chief constable of the British Transport Police Force,\n(e) Transport for London,\n(f) Transport for Greater Manchester,\n(g) the Environment Agency,\n(h) the Natural Resources Body for Wales,\n(i) the Secretary of State exercising security management functions, or a Special Health Authority exercising security management functions on the direction of the Secretary of State, or\n(j) the Welsh Ministers exercising security management functions, or a person exercising security management functions on the direction of the Welsh Ministers or under arrangements made between the Welsh Ministers and that person.\n(3) In subsection (2) “security management functions” means—\n(a) the Secretary of State’s security management functions within the meaning given by section 195(3) of the National Health Service Act 2006;\n(b) the functions of the Welsh Ministers corresponding to those functions.\n(4) A housing provider may make an application for a respect order only if the application concerns anti-social behaviour that directly or indirectly relates to or affects its housing management functions.\n(5) For the purposes of subsection (4) the housing management functions of a housing provider include—\n(a) functions conferred by or under an enactment;\n(b) the powers and duties of the housing provider as the holder of an estate or interest in housing accommodation.\n(6) In subsection (5), “housing accommodation” includes—\n(a) flats, lodging-houses and hostels;\n(b) any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to the accommodation or usually enjoyed with it;\n(c) any common areas used in connection with the accommodation.\n(7) The Secretary of State may by regulations—\n(a) amend this section;\n(b) amend section N1 in relation to expressions used in this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. A1 inserted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 1(2), 255(1); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/section/B1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:27:00.543848+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}