How we enforce trading standards laws
The enforcement of trading standards laws is carried out in a variety of ways:
- We visit trade premises including manufacturers, retailers and importers
- We make sure that weighing and measuring equipment is accurate and is used properly, goods are safe and correctly labelled, prices are displayed and descriptions used are true
- We test and sample goods and services for safety, description and quantity
- We carry out special projects and operations to deal with rogue traders and specific problem areas
- We investigate alleged breaches of criminal legislation
We deal with general trading standards enforcement, which includes:
- Prices
- Trade descriptions
- Weights and measures
- Consumer product safety
- Counterfeiting
- Consumer credit
We also deal with a number of specific areas of enforcement, including:
- The supply and servicing of motor vehicles
- The supply and storage of petrol, diesel and other motor fuels on filling stations
- The retail supply of bulk liquid fuel
- The storage and supply of fireworks and other explosives
- The retail sale of poisons
- The regulation of licensed taxis and private hire cars
- The supply of fertilisers and animal feeding stuffs