Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made under section 105A of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12) (“the 2014 Act”), which enables the Secretary of State to make regulations placing a duty on specified authorities to provide the Secretary of State with specific information relating to anti-social behaviour. This may include information about reports of anti-social behaviour made to the authority, and their response to anti-social behaviour. Under section 105A(3), a relevant authority can be required to collect or obtain, create or produce, retain or process information in order to comply with this duty. A specified relevant authority for the purposes of these Regulations is a local authority (as defined in section 20 of the 2014 Act).
Regulation 3 sets out a duty to provide the information specified in the Schedule to the Secretary of State. It specifies the intervals at which the information in question must be provided. The first submission must provide the specified information for the period of six months from the day on which the Regulations come into force. Thereafter, the specified information is to be provided every six months, to cover the preceding six months
Regulation 4 sets out the categories of anti-social behaviour incident with regard to which a specified relevant authority is required to provide the information specified in the Schedule.
The Schedule provides the detail of the information to be provided to the Secretary of State. Where information is to be provided broken down by category, this means with reference to the category of anti-social behaviour incident in Regulation 4 to which the information relates.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument, though an impact assessment was produced pertaining to the broader package of anti-social behaviour measures introduced by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), of which the enabling power relating to these Regulations forms part.
That assessment is available online: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7ca434ed915d6969f46506/Annex_A_Overarching_IA_Lords.pdf.