Canterbury City Council Act 2013

<p>The Bill (as originally introduced) makes provisions relating to street trading and consumer protection in the city, in particular by:</p><ul><li>allowing the Council to regulate services offered on the street as well as the sale of goods </li><li>altering the exemption enjoyed by holders of a pedlar’s certificate from the street trading regime in the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 </li><li>empowering council officers, the police and community support officers to seize goods and equipment when they believe a street trading offence has been committed </li><li>empowering courts to order the forfeiture of such articles</li><li>allowing the council to regulate touting</li><li>enabling council officers, the police and community support officers to serve fixed penalty notices for street trading offences.</li></ul>