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Recent Prosecutions and Penalty and Costs

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.

 

NO. OF OFFENCES

FINES (£)

COSTS (£)

COMPENSATION (£)

Food Safety Act, 1990

12

(42)

3,700

(10,540)

3,311

(3,894)

0

(0)

Trade Descriptions Act, 1968

3

(5)

1,100

(7,000)

1,138

(1,389)

0

(0)

Property Misdescriptions Act, 1991

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

Trade Marks Act, 1994

5

(12)

200

(2,400)

3,500

(2,449)

0

(0)

Video Recordings Act, 1984

6

(0)

3,800

(0)

1,199

(0)

0

(0)

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)

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)

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)

Copyright, Designs & Patents Act, 1988

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

Weights & Measures Act, 1985

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

0

(0)

Business Names Act, 1985

2

(3)

280

(30)

0

(0)

0

(0)

Animal Health Act, 1981

2

(7)

6,000

(8,200)

814

(2,319)

0

(0)

TOTAL

96

(177)

33,270

(55,625)

18,455

(22,555)

250

(700)

Further Information

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Manchester Trading Standards Service
1 Hammerstone Road
Gorton
Manchester
M18 8EQ

Tel: 0161 234 1555 (8.45am to 5pm)
Fax: 0161 957 8379
Email: trading_standards@manchester.gov.uk

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