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We provide advice to businesses based in Westminster, to help them comply with the law. The guidance sheets provided on this site are to help traders solve their own problems. If the information provided here does not solve your problem, please feel free to ask for advice.
For advice about a trading standards matter that you may have, please write to us at the address below or call our telephone advice line or fill in the enquiry form. Please note that we only provide advice to Westminster based traders.
The telephone advice line is 0207 641 1111. It is open from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m, Monday to Friday.
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On the 1st October 2007, the law controlling the sale of tobacco changed so that it is now an offence for any person to sell tobacco to a person under the age of 18 years, whether or not for the child’s own use.
For further information on the changes (including the updated warning notice) click here.
To alert small businesses of the changes, Westminster Trading Standards wrote to over 1,000 small retailers. We have also produced a limited number of updated warning notices.
If you are a Westminster business and need further advice, please click here.
Knife retailers should be aware that on the 1st October 2007, the age restriction for buying knives changed from 16 to 18.
It is now an offence for a person to sell the following to a person under the age of 18:
This restriction does not apply to folding pocket knives if the cutting edge of the blade is less than 3 inches or 7.62cm. Nor does it apply to replacement cartridges for safety razors, where less than 2mm of the blade is exposed.
Please click here to see further guidance.