List of regulators in the United Kingdom
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The following is a list of regulators in the UK. Regulators exercise regulatory
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y authority over a variety of endeavors in the UK.
Local authorities in the UK provide regulatory functions in a number of areas. Professional association also act to regulate their memberships. The UK is also bound by a number of European and other trans-national regulators, not listed here.
Regulation
Regulation is administrative legislation that constitutes or constrains rights and allocates responsibilities. It can be distinguished from primary legislation on the one hand and judge-made law on the other...
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Supervisor
A supervisor, foreperson, team leader, overseer, cell coach, facilitator, or area coordinator is a manager in a position of trust in business...
y authority over a variety of endeavors in the UK.
Local authorities in the UK provide regulatory functions in a number of areas. Professional association also act to regulate their memberships. The UK is also bound by a number of European and other trans-national regulators, not listed here.
Charities
- Office of the Scottish Charity RegulatorOffice of the Scottish Charity RegulatorThe Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government, with responsibility for the regulation of charities in Scotland...
- Charity Commission for England and Wales
- Charity Commission for Northern IrelandCharity Commission for Northern IrelandThe Charity Commission for Northern Ireland is the new independent regulator of Northern Ireland charities.-Aims of the Commmission:The stated vision of the Commission is for "a dynamic and well governed charities sector in which the public has confidence, underpinned by the Charity Commission for...
Education
- OfqualOfqualThe Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation is a non-ministerial government department that regulates qualifications, exams and tests in England and vocational qualifications in Northern Ireland.-Role:...
- office of Qualifictions and Examinations Regulation - OfstedOfstedThe Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
- Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills
Environment
- Environment AgencyEnvironment AgencyThe Environment Agency is a British non-departmental public body of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and an Assembly Government Sponsored Body of the Welsh Assembly Government that serves England and Wales.-Purpose:...
(EA) - Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)
- Scottish Environment Protection AgencyScottish Environment Protection AgencyThe Scottish Environment Protection Agency is Scotland’s environmental regulator. Its main role is to protect and improve Scotland's environment...
(SEPA)
Finance
- Financial Services AuthorityFinancial Services AuthorityThe Financial Services Authority is a quasi-judicial body responsible for the regulation of the financial services industry in the United Kingdom. Its board is appointed by the Treasury and the organisation is structured as a company limited by guarantee and owned by the UK government. Its main...
- Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
- The Pensions Regulator
Health
- Complementary and Natural Healthcare CouncilComplementary and Natural Healthcare CouncilThe Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council is an industry body which provides a voluntary register of alternative medicine therapists in the UK...
(CNHC) - General Chiropractic CouncilGeneral Chiropractic CouncilThe General Chiropractic Council is the statutory governmental body responsible for the regulation of chiropractic in the United Kingdom.It was established by the Chiropractors Act 1994, which originated in a Private Members Bill promoted by David Lidington, to protect the public by regulating...
(GCC) - General Dental CouncilGeneral Dental CouncilThe General Dental Council is a United Kingdom organisation which regulates all dental professionals in the country. Established in 1956 by an amendment to the Dentists Act 1948, now updated in the Dentists Act 1984, it keeps an up-to-date register of all qualified dentists and other dental care...
(GDC) - General Medical CouncilGeneral Medical CouncilThe General Medical Council registers and regulates doctors practising in the United Kingdom. It has the power to revoke or restrict a doctor's registration if it deems them unfit to practise...
(GMC) - General Optical CouncilGeneral Optical CouncilThe General Optical Council is an organisation in the United Kingdom which was set up by the Opticians Act 1958 to maintain a register of opticians and to uphold the Act. Its purpose is to regulate the services provided by opticians and optometrists...
(GOC) - General Osteopathic CouncilGeneral Osteopathic CouncilThe General Osteopathic Council is one of the 13 health and social care regulators in the UK that are set up with the primary aim of protecting the public. It is regulated by the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence....
(GosC) - General Pharmaceutical CouncilGeneral Pharmaceutical CouncilThe General Pharmaceutical Council is the body responsible for the independent regulation of the pharmacy profession within England, Scotland and Wales, responsible for the regulation of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises...
(GPC) - Health Professions CouncilHealth Professions CouncilThe Health Professions Council is a statutory regulator of 210,000 health professionals from 15 professions in the United Kingdom. It was set up in 2003 under the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002, to replace the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine ....
(HPC) - Health and Safety ExecutiveHealth and Safety ExecutiveThe Health and Safety Executive is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom. It is the body responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare, and for research into occupational risks in England and Wales and Scotland...
- Council for Healthcare Regulatory ExcellenceCouncil for Healthcare Regulatory ExcellenceThe Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence is a UK health regulatory body set up under the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002...
(CHRE) - Human Fertilisation and Embryology AuthorityHuman Fertilisation and Embryology AuthorityThe Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is a statutory body in the United Kingdom that regulates and inspects all UK clinics providing in vitro fertilisation, artificial insemination and the storage of human eggs, sperm or embryos. It also regulates Human Embryo research...
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory AgencyMedicines and Healthcare products Regulatory AgencyThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is the UK government agency which is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe....
(MHRA) - Nursing and Midwifery CouncilNursing and Midwifery CouncilEstablished in 2002, the Nursing and Midwifery Council is a statutory body set up by the Parliament of the United Kingdom through the . The NMC is the UK regulator for nursing and midwifery professions with a stated aim to safeguard the health and wellbeing of the public...
(NMC) - Pharmaceutical Society of Northern IrelandPharmaceutical Society of Northern IrelandThe Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland is the regulatory and professional body for pharmacy in Northern Ireland.As the regulatory body, it seeks to protect public safety in pharmacy by:...
(PSNI) - Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great BritainRoyal Pharmaceutical Society of Great BritainThe Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain was formerly the statutory regulatory and professional body for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in England, Scotland and Wales...
(RPSGB)
Law
- General Council of the BarGeneral Council of the BarThe General Council of the Bar, commonly known as the Bar Council, is the professional association for Barristers in England and Wales. Established in 1894, it acts as a disciplinary body and a regulatory body through the Bar Standards Board...
- Isle of Man Law SocietyIsle of Man Law SocietyThe Isle of Man Law Society is the professional body in respect of the advocates' profession in the Isle of Man.The Society is the longest established professional body in the Isle of Man, formed by the Law Society Act 1859 passed by Tynwald while the island's capital was still at Castletown...
- The Law Society
- Law Society of Northern IrelandLaw Society of Northern Ireland'The is a professional body established by Royal Charter granted on 10 July 1922 and whose powers and duties are to regulate the solicitors' profession in Northern Ireland with the aim of protecting the public....
- Law Society of ScotlandLaw Society of ScotlandThe Law Society of Scotland is the professional governing body for Scottish solicitors.It promotes excellence among solicitors through representation, support and regulation of its members. It also promotes the interests of the public in relation to the profession...
Social Care
- Care Council for Wales (CCW)
- General Social Care CouncilGeneral Social Care CouncilThe General Social Care Council is a the regulator of social workers and social work students in England. The GSCC protects the public by requiring high standards of education, conduct and practice of social workers by ensuring that only those who are properly trained and committed to high...
(GSCC) - Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC)
- Scottish Social Services CouncilScottish Social Services CouncilThe Scottish Social Services Council is responsible for raising standards in the Scottish social service workforce.The Scottish Social Services Council was established in October 2001 by the Regulation of Care Act and is responsible for registering people who work in the social services and...
(SSSC)
Utilities
- OfcomOfcomOfcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...
- Independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries- PhonepayPlus - regulator for phone-paid services in the UK, part of Ofcom, replaces ICSTIS
- Ofgem - the Office of the Gas and Electricity Markets
- Office for Nuclear RegulationOffice for Nuclear RegulationThe Office for Nuclear Regulation is the regulator for the civil nuclear industry in the United Kingdom. Created on 1 April 2011, the ONR is formed from the merger of the Health and Safety Executive's Nuclear Directorate and, from 1 June 2011, the Department for Transport's...
(ONR) - Ofwat - the Water Services Regulation Authority
- The Utility Regulator - regulating electricity, gas, water and sewerage industries in Northern Ireland
- Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland
Other
- Advertising Standards AuthorityAdvertising Standards AuthorityAdvertising Standards Authority may refer to:*Advertising Standards Bureau *Advertising Standards Authority *Advertising Standards Authority *Advertising Standards Authority...
(ASA) - British Board of Film Censors (BBFC)
- Community Focus - the statutory consumer champion for England, Wales, Scotland and (for postal consumers) Northern Ireland
- Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
- Food Standards AgencyFood Standards AgencyThe Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for protecting public health in relation to food throughout the United Kingdom and is led by a board appointed to act in the public interest...
- Forensic Science Regulator
- Gaming Board for Great Britain (GBGB)
- Information Commissioner's Office
- Planning InspectoratePlanning InspectorateThe Planning Inspectorate for England and Wales is an executive agency of the Department for Communities and Local Government of the United Kingdom Government. It is responsible for determining final outcomes of planning and enforcement appeals and public examination of local development plans...
- Police Complaints AuthorityPolice Complaints AuthorityThe Police Complaints Authority , was an independent body in the United Kingdom with the power to investigate public complaints against the Police in England and Wales as well as related matters of public concern...
- Press Complaints CommissionPress Complaints CommissionThe Press Complaints Commission is a voluntary regulatory body for British printed newspapers and magazines, consisting of representatives of the major publishers. The PCC is funded by the annual levy it charges newspapers and magazines...
(PCC) - Scottish Housing Regulator (SHC)
- Council for Registered Gas Installers
- Direct Marketing Authority