Secondhand Goods: Electrical Safety
(asked on 6th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that suppliers of second-hand electrical goods do not sell unsafe electrical goods.
This question was answered on 16th October 2017
Product safety is a Government priority. We have legislation in place that requires suppliers of second hand electrical items to ensure the products they sell are safe. Enforcement of these requirements is undertaken by local authority Trading Standards Departments. They have the powers to remove from sale any second-hand electrical equipment that is unsafe.