REFORMS to street trading rules will make them both stronger and fairer, Consumer Affairs Minister Jo Swinson has said.
The new system, being introduced next year, will remove unnecessary burdens from traders operating in market places up and down the country whilst making sure the system is compliant with EU law.
Plans set out in the Government’s response to a consultation held last year include: Amending street trading legislation so that undue restrictions on licences for pedlars and street traders are removed.
Character checks to include a search of the police national databases to be applied consistently across the UK.
Removing the requirement for a pedlar to have lived in the area where he or she wants to operate. The planned changes are part of the Government’s Red Tape Challenge and will come into force in April 2015.
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