Christmas and New Year information
Find out all the information you need about our services over the Christmas and New Year period. This includes our opening times, waste collection days, and how to contact us out of hours.
Find out what age restricted products are and how to report suspected underage selling.
There are several laws in force which place age restrictions on a number of products to protect the health and safety of young people. It is illegal to sell or supply these products to people who have not reached the required age.
If you suspect a retailer of selling age restricted products to people who are under the minimum age, you can report it by:
Product | Age limit |
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Alcohol | 18 |
Tobacco products (Including cigarettes, cigarette papers) | 18 |
Fireworks | 18 |
Lighter refills containing butane | 18 |
Volatile substances and solvents (when it is believed that they are likely to be inhaled or are for the purposes of being intoxicated) | 18 |
Offensive weapons (knives, knife blade, axe, any other article which has a blade or is sharply pointed and which is made or adapted for use for causing injury to a person) | 18 |
Lottery tickets and scratchcards | 16 |
Video recordings (including computer games) | 12, 15, 18 |
We carry out regular test purchasing exercises to off-licences using young volunteers.
We respond to specific complaints and also carry out assessments of risk for the Cumberland area.
We frequently deal with problems relating to age restricted products and underage sales through routine inspection, advice to traders and education.