Further information can be found on the age restricted products (information supplied by the Trading Standards Institute) page about products that restrict the age of buyers.
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The above information will also give you information on how to protect your business.
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The following pages give you more detailed information on what prohibitions there are on the minimum age of buyers and on how to protect your business:
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Further information can be found on the sale of knives on the internet to under 18s (information supplied by the Trading Standards Institute) page. It gives you some practical advice on how to avoid selling knives on the internet to under 18s. This advice will also be useful if you sell other age restricted products.
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The following organisations offer advice or information to businesses.
Business Link is a government online resource for businesses. It contains essential information to support businesses with guidance on regulations.
Business Link (external website)
The Everything Regulation, Whenever It’s Needed (ERWIN) website has been set up by the East of England Trading Standards Association Limited (EETSA) to provide regulatory services information in an innovative way that will make it more accessible and useful to businesses.
Everything Regulation, Whenever It's Needed (external website)
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