Retailers have welcomed the government's announcement that a number of retail regulations will be scrapped or simplified.
The proposals are the first results from the Red Tape Challenge, a public consultation which asked businesses and individuals which regulations should be removed.
The plans include: simplifying the procedures for age verification for selling age-restricted goods; replacing or simplifying more than 12 pieces of overlapping and costly consumer rights law with a single new piece of legislation; removing the need to have a licence to sell liqueur chocolates; and lowering the age for buying Christmas crackers.
Association of Convenience Stores chief executive James Lowman said: "These recommendations are a step in the right direction. The commitment to simplify the rules on age-restricted sales could make life easier for retailers. There are currently 18 different laws affecting different kinds of products, and this means confusion around training and compliance requirements."
The proposals are the first results from the Red Tape Challenge, a public consultation which asked businesses and individuals which regulations should be removed.
The plans include: simplifying the procedures for age verification for selling age-restricted goods; replacing or simplifying more than 12 pieces of overlapping and costly consumer rights law with a single new piece of legislation; removing the need to have a licence to sell liqueur chocolates; and lowering the age for buying Christmas crackers.
Association of Convenience Stores chief executive James Lowman said: "These recommendations are a step in the right direction. The commitment to simplify the rules on age-restricted sales could make life easier for retailers. There are currently 18 different laws affecting different kinds of products, and this means confusion around training and compliance requirements."
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