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Ban the sale of defaced power tools & large power tool sales at car boot fairs

Submitted by Constance Turner on Saturday 22nd March 2025

Published on Monday 28th April 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Tuesday 28th October 2025

Signatures: 90

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Broken ~ Fairs ~ Law ~ Money ~ Power ~ Profiteering ~ Sale ~ Serial ~ Tool

Petition Action

Ban the sale of defaced power tools & large power tool sales at car boot fairs

Petition Details

We urge the Government to pass a law which bans the sale of power tools with a defaced or removed serial number, and which bans the sale of large power tools at car boot fairs.

Additional Information

Every year, many tradespeople have their vehicles broken into with tools worth large amounts of money taken. This can hurt people’s lives, mentally and financially, and one of the reasons that criminals may not ever be caught is because the tools are sold online or at boot fair sales with serial numbers defaced/scratched off. This can make tools untraceable and allow criminals to profit off of damaging other people’s livelihoods.


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