Long title
Summary
The Bill makes provisions relating to street trading and consumer protection in the area, in particular by:
- allowing the Council to regulate services offered on the street as well as the sale of goods
- altering the exemption enjoyed by holders of a pedlar’s certificate from the street trading regime in the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982
- empowering council officers or the police to seize goods and equipment when they believe a street trading offence has been committed
- empowering courts to order the forfeiture of such articles
- enabling council officers to serve fixed penalty notices for street trading offences.
This Bill has been carried over from the previous Session.
Further information can be found in the Explanatory Memorandum that accompanies the Bill.
Promoter
Current version of the Bill
Petition Information
Lords: 23 January 2007 to 6 February 2007. Commons: 30 November 2007 to 10 December 2007
There will be no further opportunities to petition against this Bill.
- Lords petitioning period ended 6.2.07
- Commons petitioning period ended 10.12.07
The Bill was opposed in both Houses. 12 petition was deposited against the Bill in the House of Lords and 3 petitions in the House of Commons.
To see the petitions follow the "bill documents" link on the left hand side of this page.
Parliamentary agent
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