Long title
To confer powers on Manchester City Council for the better control of street trading in the city of Manchester.
Summary
The Bill makes provisions relating to street trading and consumer protection in the city, in particular by:
- allowing the Council to regulate services offered on the street
- 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 goods and equipment
- enabling council officers to serve fixed penalty notices for street trading offences.
Further information can be found in the Explanatory Memorandum that accompanies the Bill.
Promoter
Manchester City Council
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. 1 petition was deposited against the Bill in the House of Lords and 1 petition in the House of Commons.
Parliamentary agent
Firms with one or more "Roll A" parliamentary agents who are acting for the promoters of this Bill.
Sharpe Pritchard LLP
Elm Yard
13-16 Elm Street
London WC1X 0BJ
13-16 Elm Street
London WC1X 0BJ
Email: alewis@sharpepritchard.co.uk
Phone: 020 7405 4600
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