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Article: Spray paint fines alert to city shops; Council crackdown on selling to under-16s

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November 18, 2004
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COUNCIL chiefs warned today they are getting tough in a bid to tackle the scourge of graffiti.

They said new laws on the sale of spray paint are to be rigorously enforced in a bid to slash their (pounds) 700,000 annual clean-up costs.

Shopkeepers could now be fined (pounds) 1000 for selling sell the paint to under-16s and could even be forced to stump up (pounds) 500 just for failing to put up a sign telling customers of the new rule.

The tough new legislation is in anti-social behaviour laws introduced on November 5.

Enforcement will be carried out primarily by trading standards officers, although the police also have common law powers.

Councillor David Stevenson, convener of the ...

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