Torbay Council

Underage Sales

Torbay Council Trading Standards are responsible for enforcing the law in relation to age restricted products. Whether it is alcohol, tobacco, knives, fireworks, lottery tickets or solvents, businesses have a legal obligation to ensure that they are only supplied to customers who are old enough to buy them.
To that end we work together with the police and licensing officers in advising businesses on how they can best avoid illegal sales. The key to staying on the right side of the law is staff training and in giving them the confidence to refuse sales if they suspect a customer is underage. To learn more about underage sales and to access our training materials please click on the links below
SWERCOTS have developed an educational 16 minutes film which can be accessed by clicking on the No Proof No Sale page on the left.
It is a mandatory requirement to have in place a Premises Age Verification Policy. This document can be used to fulfill this requirement. It must be read by all staff and signed and dated accordingly.
Links to useful sites are available in our External Links section
The Related Documents section provides supplementary documents to ensure that your Premises Age Verification Policy is effective.
For further information or to a request no proof of age - no sale pack contact Trading Standards on the contact number or E-mail on the right of this page.

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