Defined term

“prescribed”

Defined in 443 Acts, 103 statutory instruments and 2 EU-derived instruments.

  1. Acquisition of Land Act 1981 Act 2 definitions
  2. Adoption and Children Act 2002 Act 17 definitions
  3. Agriculture Act 1967 Act 2 definitions
  4. Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 Act 2 definitions
  5. Armed Forces Act 2006 Act 14 definitions
  6. British Nationality Act 1981 Act 2 definitions
  7. Building Act 1984 Act 3 definitions
  8. Building Safety Act 2022 Act 10 definitions
  9. Building Societies Act 1986 Act 13 definitions
  10. Care Standards Act 2000 Act 3 definitions
  11. Child Support Act 1991 Act 2 definitions
  12. Childcare Act 2006 Act 3 definitions
  13. Children Act 1989 Act 4 definitions
  14. Civil Aviation Act 1971 Act 2 definitions
  15. Civil Partnership Act 2004 Act 11 definitions
  16. Clean Air Act 1993 Act 2 definitions
  17. Coal Industry Act 1994 Act 4 definitions
  18. Commissioners Clauses Act 1847 Act 2 definitions
  19. Commons Act 2006 Act 2 definitions
  20. Communications Act 2003 Act 2 definitions
  21. Companies Act 2006 Act 2 definitions
  22. Competition Act 1998 Act 3 definitions
  23. Control of Pollution Act 1974 Act 2 definitions
  24. Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 Act 2 definitions
  25. County Courts Act 1984 Act 3 definitions
  26. Crime and Disorder Act 1998 Act 3 definitions
  27. Criminal Justice Act 2003 Act 3 definitions
  28. Crossrail Act 2008 Act 2 definitions
  29. Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 Act 2 definitions
  30. Education Act 1996 Act 8 definitions
  31. Education Act 2002 Act 3 definitions
  32. Education Act 2005 Act 8 definitions
  33. Education (Scotland) Act 1980 Act 2 definitions
  34. Electricity Act 1989 Act 8 definitions
  35. Employment Agencies Act 1973 Act 2 definitions
  36. Employment Relations Act 2004 Act 2 definitions
  37. Employment Rights Act 1996 Act 3 definitions
  38. Energy Act 2008 Act 2 definitions
  39. Energy Act 2023 Act 4 definitions
  40. Enterprise Act 2002 Act 2 definitions
  41. Environment Act 1995 Act 4 definitions
  42. Finance Act 1989 Act 3 definitions
  43. Finance Act 1993 Act 2 definitions
  44. Finance Act 1994 Act 4 definitions
  45. Finance Act 1998 Act 2 definitions
  46. Finance Act 2000 Act 4 definitions
  47. Finance Act 2003 Act 4 definitions
  48. Finance Act 2004 Act 10 definitions
  49. Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 Act 2 definitions
  50. Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 Act 2 definitions
  51. Gambling Act 2005 Act 24 definitions
  52. Gas Act 1986 Act 4 definitions
  53. Gender Recognition Act 2004 Act 3 definitions
  54. Health Act 2006 Act 3 definitions
  55. Highways Act 1980 Act 14 definitions
  56. Housing Act 1957 Act 2 definitions
  57. Housing Act 1985 Act 2 definitions
  58. Housing Act 1988 Act 3 definitions
  59. Housing Act 2004 Act 6 definitions
  60. Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 Act 2 definitions
  61. Immigration Act 2014 Act 4 definitions
  62. Income Tax Act 2007 Act 5 definitions
  63. Insolvency Act 1986 Act 9 definitions
  64. Jobseekers Act 1995 Act 2 definitions
  65. Judicial Pensions Act 1981 Act 5 definitions
  66. Land Drainage Act 1991 Act 3 definitions
  67. Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 Act 2 definitions
  68. Local Government Act 2000 Act 4 definitions
  69. Marriage Act 1949 Act 2 definitions
  70. Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 Act 5 definitions
  71. Medical Act 1983 Act 5 definitions
  72. Mental Capacity Act 2005 Act 8 definitions
  73. Merchant Shipping Act 1995 Act 3 definitions
  74. Opencast Coal Act 1958 Act 2 definitions
  75. Patents Act 1977 Act 2 definitions
  76. Pension Schemes Act 2026 Act 4 definitions
  77. Pensions Act 1995 Act 2 definitions
  78. Pensions Act 2008 Act 2 definitions
  79. Plant Varieties Act 1997 Act 3 definitions
  80. Police Act 1997 Act 3 definitions
  81. Ports Act 1991 Act 2 definitions
  82. Postal Services Act 2011 Act 2 definitions
  83. Presumption of Death Act 2013 Act 2 definitions
  84. Prisoners’ Earnings Act 1996 Act 2 definitions
  85. Railways Act 1993 Act 3 definitions
  86. Rent Act 1977 Act 2 definitions
  87. Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 Act 4 definitions
  88. Reserve Forces Act 1980 Act 4 definitions
  89. Reserve Forces Act 1996 Act 3 definitions
  90. Road Traffic Act 1972 Act 6 definitions
  91. Road Traffic Act 1988 Act 5 definitions
  92. Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 Act 3 definitions
  93. Senior Courts Act 1981 Act 2 definitions
  94. Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 Act 2 definitions
  95. Solicitors Act 1974 Act 3 definitions
  96. Taxes Management Act 1970 Act 3 definitions
  97. The Trade Marks Rules 2008 SI 2 definitions
  98. Transport Act 1985 Act 5 definitions
  99. Transport Act 2000 Act 3 definitions
  100. Transport and Works Act 1992 Act 2 definitions
  101. UK Borders Act 2007 Act 3 definitions
  102. Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 Act 4 definitions
  103. Water Act 2014 Act 4 definitions
  104. Water Industry Act 1991 Act 4 definitions
  105. Water Resources Act 1991 Act 3 definitions
  106. Water (Scotland) Act 1980 Act 2 definitions
  107. Welfare Reform Act 2012 Act 4 definitions

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