Reading Borough 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
• 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, the police and community support officers to seize goods and equipment when they believe a street trading offence has been committed
• empowering courts to order the forfeiture of such goods and equipment
• allowing the council to regulate touting
• enabling council officers, the police and community support officers to serve fixed penalty notices for street trading offences.

Further information can be found in the Explanatory Memorandum that accompanies the Bill.

Read the Explanatory Memorandum