Giving councils excessive powers leads to abuse!
BIS propose tape-meaure and stop-watch legislation for Local Authority zealots. The consequences have already been played out in the US.
click this link to find out how such nonsense is enforced.
The Street Vendor Project in New York is raising concern that vendor fines have increased to $1000 for minor offences often measured in inches.
Once HMG remove pedlars right to a Crown certificate and give powers to councils to regulate their every move with tape-measures and stop-watches then the writing is already on the wall. Listen to 5 minute radio broadcast about the consequences of tape-measure and stop-watch legislation.
Pedlars in the UK cannot accept such mischief intent only on driving them off the streets.
Click latest new bulletin to read the proposed BIS policy.