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jack404 · 12-08-2010, 06:46 AM

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ID required for buying Christmas crackers will leave shoppers ‘frustrated’, says BRC
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Retailers are being forced to demand ID from customers wanting to buy crackers because of new legislation being condemned as “particularly daft”, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

Under the pyrotechnic articles (safety) regulations of August 2010, Christmas crackers have been specifically named as a category 1 firework, which means they have an age restriction of 16 and cashiers are required to check the age of people buying them.

The BRC is asking customers to be understanding if they are required to provide identification. The majority of stores use a Challenge 25 policy for selling age-related products such as alcohol, tobacco and fireworks, meaning people who look under 25 are asked to prove they are old enough to buy.

Since the change of legislation in the summer, adapting an EU directive which gave an age limit of 12, trading standards officers will now be monitoring how retailers enforce the law. Stores face financial penalties, plus individual cashiers can face fines of up to £5,000 and six months in prison for selling crackers to under-age customers.

Jane Bevis, director of Public Affairs at the BRC, said: “The Government has promised to ease up on regulations on businesses but this one seems to have slipped through the net. The original EU directive which would have put the age restriction at 12 should never have been gold-plated. Now that has happened, it’s vital there is a sensible attitude to enforcement until the Government can reverse this ludicrous restriction.

“Busy shoppers with a lot on their minds will be understandably frustrated if they are asked to provide ID to buy a box of Christmas crackers. It’s the health and safety rules which have gone crackers and not retailers themselves.

“No-one wants children to be able to buy things which are dangerous or bad for their health, but extending rules for fireworks to cover the kind of bang provided by a cracker seems particularly daft.”

Source: British Retail Consortium (BRC)

Nighthawk · 12-08-2010, 10:37 AM

are these eating crackers or exploding crackers.
If former someone has totally lost it.

woolleyworm · 12-09-2010, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Nighthawk

are these eating crackers or exploding crackers.
If former someone has totally lost it.

Lol, the Brits have some terms that just don't make sense with our ways of thinkin. "Crack" ers are more along the lines of what we call Snap-Pop type fireworks. Mild fireworks, but explosive nontheless.

carver · 12-09-2010, 06:25 AM

Government in control! What a load! If I buy fireworks they are not for me, but for the kids! I'm for less government, and more freedoms!

jack404 · 12-09-2010, 07:00 AM

The crackers are a paper tube with a snap inside them , made to be pulled apart and a toy or party hat comes out

grcsat · 12-09-2010, 08:29 AM

Firecrackers are banned in Canada.
We are in the habit of passing stupid laws to protect stupid people at the cost of everyone else who is not stupid.

12-08-2010, 06:46 AM	#1
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	wanna see how bad PC can get ? http://www.talkingretail.com/news/in...ated’-says-brc ID required for buying Christmas crackers will leave shoppers ‘frustrated’, says BRC 8 December 2010 By Stacey Wright Leave a Comment hide Google Search Results You arrived here after searching for the following phrases: ■christmas ■crackers ■category ■1 ■fireworks Click a phrase to jump to the first occurrence, or return to the search results. Retailers are being forced to demand ID from customers wanting to buy crackers because of new legislation being condemned as “particularly daft”, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Under the pyrotechnic articles (safety) regulations of August 2010, Christmas crackers have been specifically named as a category 1 firework, which means they have an age restriction of 16 and cashiers are required to check the age of people buying them. The BRC is asking customers to be understanding if they are required to provide identification. The majority of stores use a Challenge 25 policy for selling age-related products such as alcohol, tobacco and fireworks, meaning people who look under 25 are asked to prove they are old enough to buy. Since the change of legislation in the summer, adapting an EU directive which gave an age limit of 12, trading standards officers will now be monitoring how retailers enforce the law. Stores face financial penalties, plus individual cashiers can face fines of up to £5,000 and six months in prison for selling crackers to under-age customers. Jane Bevis, director of Public Affairs at the BRC, said: “The Government has promised to ease up on regulations on businesses but this one seems to have slipped through the net. The original EU directive which would have put the age restriction at 12 should never have been gold-plated. Now that has happened, it’s vital there is a sensible attitude to enforcement until the Government can reverse this ludicrous restriction. “Busy shoppers with a lot on their minds will be understandably frustrated if they are asked to provide ID to buy a box of Christmas crackers. It’s the health and safety rules which have gone crackers and not retailers themselves. “No-one wants children to be able to buy things which are dangerous or bad for their health, but extending rules for fireworks to cover the kind of bang provided by a cracker seems particularly daft.” Source: British Retail Consortium (BRC) -->

12-08-2010, 10:37 AM	#2
Nighthawk Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Central Texas Posts: 3,330	Re: wanna see how bad PC can get ? are these eating crackers or exploding crackers. If former someone has totally lost it. __________________ Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives." --John Adams, letter to Benjamin Rush, April 18, 1808 NRA Life TSRA Life GOA Member

12-09-2010, 06:25 AM	#4
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,538	Re: wanna see how bad PC can get ? Government in control! What a load! If I buy fireworks they are not for me, but for the kids! I'm for less government, and more freedoms! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

12-09-2010, 07:00 AM	#5
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: wanna see how bad PC can get ? The crackers are a paper tube with a snap inside them , made to be pulled apart and a toy or party hat comes out

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grcsat V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: far,far,North Posts: 377	Re: wanna see how bad PC can get ? Firecrackers are banned in Canada. We are in the habit of passing stupid laws to protect stupid people at the cost of everyone else who is not stupid.