Legislation also provides requirements for certain warnings and notices to be displayed when selling particular products.
Traders should always ask young people to produce proof of their age, such as the national Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) card, a photocard driving licence or a passport. Any refusals of restricted products to underage children should be logged on a refusal sales sheet or in a refusal book.Other products that carry or are accompanied by a minimum age indication (based on requirement for complaince with a standard or ont eh manufacturer's own risk assessment) should not be sold to a child under that age. For example, uninflated balloons should not be sold to unaccompanied children under eight because they pose a choking risk when young chidlren try to inflate them.
Imprters of clothing should be aware that UK standards restrict the use of cords (and some other features) on garment sizes intended for children under a certain age, and that Trading Standards Authorities frequently make test purchases of these items to check compiance.
