Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Trading Standards and Licensing

Trading Standards and Licensing Service for Stockton offers many services that help to provide a safe and fair trading environment, which protects both consumers and reputable businesses.

We are able to provide advice and take legal action, where appropriate, with the following issues:

• Consumer Advice Centre - faulty consumer goods and services
• Consumer Credit - monitor credit licences, transactions, documentation and adverts
• Fair Trading - counterfeit goods, doorstep crime, misleading pricing and product descriptions
• Product Safety - safety of all consumer goods on the market
• The Age Restricted Sale - of products such as alcohol, cigarettes, solvents and fireworks
• Food Standards - making sure food accurately described, labelled and of the correct composition
• Weights and Measures - the accuracy of weighing and measuring equipment and all quantity declarations
• Agricultural Standards - relating to fertilisers and animal feeds
• Road Traffic - regarding unroadworthy or overloaded vehicles
• Licensing Act - licensing of alcohol, public entertainment and late night refreshment
• Gambling Act - licensing of casinos, bingo halls, betting shops, gaming machines and lotteries
• Transportation Licensing - vehicle, driver and operator licences for both hackney carriages and private hire vehicles
• Other Licensing issues - charitable collections, skin piercing, street trading, explosives, poisons and animal welfare establishments

Please visit Stockton's Trading Standards website or contact the Trading Standards and Licensing Service for further information.

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