Decision details

Purpose of Report: Members are asked to propose an enforcement policy for investigations carried out by the grant funded specialist trading standards teams hosted by City of York Council on behalf of the National Trading Standards Board. These teams are the Yorkshire and the Humber regional trading standards Scambuster Team and the National Trading Standards eCrime Centre.

Members are asked to outline new arrangements for the repayment of monies received under the Home Office's Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme (ARIS) for proceedings taken under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 by these grant funded teams.

RESOLVED:                That Option 1 to approve the enforcement policy statement set out in Annex 1 and the revised allocation of Scambuster team and eCrime ARIS receipts be approved.

REASON:                               To provide the City of York Council hosted Trading Standards Scambuster Team and National Trading Standards eCrime Centre an enforcement policy that will reduce the risk of a legal challenge to a prosecution and satisfy the grant conditions of the National Trading Standards Board for repayment of monies received under the Home Office’s Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme.