Report underage sales

This form allows you to report incidents of underage sales when businesses, such as supermarkets, shops, pubs or clubs, have sold age-restricted products to young persons. These products include alcohol, cigarettes, fireworks, knives, solvents, DVDs, computer games and spray paints.

If you prefer to speak to us directly by telephone please contact Trading Standards (Underage Sales) on 01443 425777

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Your Details

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Your Address
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Location of Incident
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Type of incident

Please describe the type of incident and product sold

Sometimes underage persons obtain alcohol from shops without directly buying it themselves (proxy sales) where adults bought the alcohol and then supplied it to the young persons.

Was this an underage sale or proxy sale? *

The minimum age for purchasing aclcohol, cigarettes, fireworks, knives and certain solvents is 18, but the minimum age for buying spray paint is 16. The minimum age for buying DVDs and computer games depends on whether the content is classified as 18, 15 or 12

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Details of the incident

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Date of incident *
Approximate time of sale
Description of purchaser (including approximate age) *
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Details of the seller

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Name of seller (if known)
Seller details *
Description of the seller *
Details of who saw the sale

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Who witnessed the incident *

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