1. ACS Primary Authority Assured Advice James Lowman

2. 33,500 members

3. Coping With Regulation Weights and Measures Underage Sales Prevention Fire Safety Consumer Protection Sales Rules for Tobacco Alcohol, Fireworks, Motor Fuels Waste Product Safety Health and Safety Fair Trading Over 150 trading standards department Over 350 environmental health departments 50 Fire authorities National regulators 30,000 independent convenience stores Inconsistency of interpretation of regulation is often far more of a burden than the regulations themselves

4. Assured Advice

5. ACS Local Authority Regulators Surrey Trading Standards / Woking BC EH / Surrey F&R Agree a Regulatory Compliance approach, interpretation of regulation Enforcement action if a law is broken Query on interpretation of regulation Independent and Convenience Retailers Join the Group Scheme The legal partnership is between the PA and each business

6. ACS Assured Advice Scheme Launched March 2014 All ACS members either joining direct or through a member group can join the ACS Assured Advice Scheme Retailers following primary authority guidance cannot be challenged by local enforcement officers on the way they handle compliance. A further substantial benefit of being in a group or trade association. This scheme has the potential to remove one of the main advantages integrated groups have over groups of independent retailers

7. Assured Advice Guides

8. Compliance with the Tobacco Display Ban (available now) Preventing Underage Sales (available now) Record Keeping Standards (available now) Health and Safety (July 2014) Risk Assessments (Summer 2014) Food Safety (Summer 2014) Fireworks Retailing (Summer 2014) Waste Management (Autumn 2014) Weights and Measures (Autumn 2014) Fair Trading and Pricing Rules (Winter 2014)

9. How it works Register your business on the Primary Authority database. We will send you an email explaining what you need to do. It doesn’t take long. Keep the details of your business (in particular the details of all the shops you operate) up to date on the website. Follow the advice

10. Sign up

11. Future Opportunities Fuel Licensing Training Taking principle to other areas  Police relationships

12. Thank you