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During the year April 2005 - March 2006 prosecutions for breaches of the legislation shown below have been dealt with by the courts. The information for the whole of the previous year (April 2004 - March 2005) is shown in brackets.
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NO. OF OFFENCES |
FINES |
COSTS |
COMPENSATION |
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Food
Safety Act, 1990 |
12 |
(42) |
3,700 |
(10,540) |
3,311 |
(3,894) |
0 |
(0) |
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Trade
Descriptions Act, 1968 |
3 |
(5) |
1,100 |
(7,000) |
1,138 |
(1,389) |
0 |
(0) |
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Property
Misdescriptions Act, 1991 |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
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Trade
Marks Act, 1994 |
5 |
(12) |
200 |
(2,400) |
3,500 |
(2,449) |
0 |
(0) |
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Video
Recordings Act, 1984 |
6 |
(0) |
3,800 |
(0) |
1,199 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
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Consumer
Credit Act, 1974 |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
|
Consumer
Protection Act, 1987 (Part 2) |
19 |
(12) |
4,100 |
(600) |
1,226 |
(700) |
0 |
(0) |
|
Consumer
Protection Act, 1987 (Part 3) |
3 |
(0) |
2,190 |
(0) |
841 |
(0) |
250 |
(0) |
|
General
Product Safety Regulations, 1994 |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
|
Children
& Young Persons Act, 1933 |
5 |
(5) |
3,250 |
(1,400) |
1,600 |
(796) |
0 |
(0) |
|
Children
& Young Persons (Protection from Tobacco) Act, 1991 |
3 |
(3) |
1,050 |
(30) |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
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Licensing
Act, 1964 |
11 |
(8) |
2,500 |
(1,715) |
2,514 |
(1,910) |
0 |
(0) |
| Fireworks (Safety) Regulations, 1997 | 2 | (5) | 1,650 | (1,850) | 528 | (1,082) | 0 | (0) |
| Cigarette Lighter Refill (Safety) Regulations, 1999 | 0 | (4) | 0 | (1,650) | 0 | (1,025) | 0 | (0) |
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Road
Traffic Act, 1988 (Overloading) |
23 |
(70) |
3,450 |
(19,910) |
1,784 |
(6,691) |
0 |
(0) |
|
Road
Traffic Act, 1988 (Section 75) |
0 |
(1) |
0 |
(300) |
0 |
300) |
700 |
(700) |
| Greater Manchester Act, 1981 (Section 54) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) |
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Copyright,
Designs & Patents Act, 1988 |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
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Weights
& Measures Act, 1985 |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
|
Business
Names Act, 1985 |
2 |
(3) |
280 |
(30) |
0 |
(0) |
0 |
(0) |
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Animal
Health Act, 1981 |
2 |
(7) |
6,000 |
(8,200) |
814 |
(2,319) |
0 |
(0) |
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TOTAL |
96 |
(177) |
33,270 |
(55,625) |
18,455 |
(22,555) |
250 |
(700) |
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M18 8EQ
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Email: trading_standards@manchester.gov.uk
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