Leeds City Council Act 2013

The Bill (as originally introduced) 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 as well as the sale of goods
• 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 articles
• enabling council officers to serve fixed penalty notices for street trading offences.