Abbreviations
Except where otherwise stated, Consumer Crime Cases use the following abbreviations and acronyms:
C Consumer / Customer / Complainant
CJEU Court of Justice of the European Union
D Defendant / Defence / Defence counsel
DPP Director of Public Prosecutiions
ECtHR European Court of Human Rights
ECJ European Court of Justice
LCJ Lord Chief Justice
LJ Lord/Lady Justice
LJC Lord Justice Clerk – the second most senior judge in Scotland
(after the Lord President of the Court of Session).
LJG Lord Justice General (Scotland)
MR Master of the Rolls
P Prosecution / Prosecutor / Prosecuting counsel
T Third party
V Victim
W Witness
Legislation:
AAA 1960 Abandonment of Animals Act 1960
AAA Accessories and Abettors Act 1861
ABCPA Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
ABPEER Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2011
ABPEWR Animal By-Products (Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2011
ABPR Animal By-Products Regulations 2005
AFA Adulteration of Food Act 1860
AFDA Adulteration of Food and Drugs Act 1872
AHA Animal Health Act 1981
AJA Administration of Justice Act 1970
AWA Animal Welfare Act 2006
BNA Business Names Act 1985
BPMMR Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008
CA 2006 Companies Act 1985 or 2006
CApA Criminal Appeal Act 1968
CAtA Criminal Attempts Act 1981
CAATOLR Civil Aviation (Air Travel Organisers' Licensing) Regulations 1995
CAPWENIR Common Agricultural Policy (Wine) (England and Northern Ireland) Regs 2001
CCA Consumer Credit Act 1974
CCAR Consumer Credit (Advertisements) Regulations 2004
CCCGR Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986
CCCHPWR Cancellation of Contracts made in a Consumer's Home or Place of Work etc
Regulations 2008
CCD Consumer Credit Directive 87/102/EEC
CCICACR Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013
CDA Crime and Disorder Act 1998
CEA Criminal Evidence Act 1898
CFREU Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
CIR Cattle Identification Regulations 2007
CISD Copyright Information Society Directive 2001/29/EC
CJA 1925 Criminal Justice Act 1925
CJA 1967 Criminal Justice Act 1967
CJA 1987 Criminal Justice Act 1987
CJA 1988 Criminal Justice Act 1988
CJA 2003 Criminal Justice Act 2003
CJPA Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
CJPOA Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
CLA Criminal Law Act 1977
ComA Communications Act 2003
CPA Consumer Protection Act 1987
CPDSR Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000
CPUTR Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
CrimPR Criminal Procedure Rules
CDPA Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
CNABPD Contracts Negotiated Away from Business Premises Directive 85/577/EEC
CPIA Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996
CRA Consumer Rights Act 2015
CRD Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU
CTAER Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992
CTDR Companies (Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2008
CYPA Children and Young Persons Act 1933
DA Dentists Act 1984
DDA Dangerous Dogs Act 1991
DeregA Deregulation Act 2015
DPA Data Protection Act 1998
DTA Drug Trafficking Act 1994
EA Enterprise Act 2002
EAA Estate Agents Act 1979
ECA European Communities Act 1972
ECHR European Convention on Human Rights
EnA Environment Act 1995
EPA Environmental Protection Act 1990
EPEWR 2007 Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007
EPEWR 2010 Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010
FA Fraud Act 2006
FEPA Food and Environment Protection Act 1985
FDA Food and Drugs Act 1938 or 1955 (see now FSA)
FFFSR Furniture and Furnishings Fire Safety Regulations 1988
FHER Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006
FHGR Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1970
FICR Food Information to Consumers Regulation - Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011
FIR Food Information Regulations 2014
FISD Food Imitations Safety Directive 87/357/EEC
FISR Food Imitations (Safety) Regulation 1989
FLR 1996 Food Labelling Regulations 1980 or 1996
FMHIR Fresh Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) Regulations 1995
Food Act Food Act 1984
FPA Fire Precautions Act 1971
FSA Food Safety Act 1990
FSGFHR Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995
FSHER Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013
FSLBMR Food Safety (Live Bivalve Molluscs and Other Shellfish) Regulations 1992
FSSQER Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2013
FSSQR Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations 1990
GFLR General Food Law Regulation - Regulation (EC) No 178/2002
GPSR 1994 General Product Safety Regulations 1994
GPSR 2005 General Product Safety Regulations 2005
HA Hallmarking Act 1973
HHCA House to House Collections Act 1939
HoA Housing Act 2004
HPCRR Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) Regs 2020
HRA Human Rights Act 1998
HSWA Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974
IA Indictments Act 1915
IA 1978 Interpretation Act 1978
ICA Identity Cards Act 2006
IDA Identity Documents Act 2010
IPCD Indication of Prices to Consumers Directive 98/6/EC
ISD Information Society Directive (2001/29/EC)
KA Knives Act 1997
LA 1964 Licensing Act 1964
LA 2003 Licensing Act 2003
LRRA Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006
LSA Legal Services Act 2007
LGA Local Government Act 1972
LGMPA 1976 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
LGMPA 1982 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982
LPAFD 1979 Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs Directive 79/112/EEC
LPAFD 2000 Labelling, Presentation and Advertising of Foodstuffs Directive 2000/13/EC
MA Medicines Act 1968
MAA Mock Auctions Act 1961
MAPR Markets in Agricultural Products Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013
MCA Magistrates' Courts Act 1980
MCAD Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive 2006/114/EC
MCR Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981
MMA Merchandise Marks Act (1887 to 1953)
NLA National Lottery Act 1993
NRSWA New Roads and Street Works Act 1991
OAPA Offences Against the Person Act 1861
PA Police Act 1996
PAA Protection of Animals Act 1911
PAAA Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 2000
PACE Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
PADTR Protection of Animals During Transport and related operations Regulation (EC)
1/2005.
PATKR Protection of Animals at the time of Killing Regulation (EC) 1099/2009
PBA Protection of Birds Act 1954
PCA Protection of Children Act 1978
PedA Pedlars Act 1871
POCA Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
PCCSA Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000
PCRDCD Protection of Consumers in Relation to Distance Contracts Directive 97/7/EC
PHA Protection from Harassment Act 1997
PHCDA Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984
PMA Property Misdescriptions Act 1991
PMO Price Marking Order 2004
POA Prosecution of Offences Act 1985
PPA Police (Property) Act 1897
PTPHPTD Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Directive 90/314/EEC
PTPHPTR Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992
RDA Registered Designs Act 1949
RESA Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008
RIPA Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
RRFSO Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
RTA Road Traffic Act 1988
SCA Senior Courts Act 1981 (formerly Supreme Court Act 1981)
SCrA Serious Crime Act 2007
SFDA Sale of Food and Drugs Act 1875
SFDAAA Sale of Food and Drugs Act Amendment Act 1879
SGA Sale of Goods Act 1979
SOA 1956 Sexual Offences Act 1956
SOA 2003 Sexual Offences Act 2003
SSAA Social Security Administration Act 1992
TA Theft Act 1968
TCPA Town and Country Planning Act 1990
TDA Trade Descriptions Act 1968
TerA Terrorism Act 2000
TFEU Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
TMA Trade Marks Act 1994
TPCA Town Police Clauses Act 1847
TSA Timeshare Act 1992
TSEER 2010 Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2010
TSEER 2018 Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (England) Regulations 2018
TSR 1995 Toys (Safety) Regulations 1995
TSR 2011 Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011
UCPD Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005/29/EC
UCTA Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977
UGSA Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971
UTCCR Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999
VRA Video Recordings Act 1984
WCA Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
WFAER Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007
WMA Weights and Measures Act 1985
WATKER Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015