Age Restricted Policy

Delivery for Age Restricted Products

Delivery is not available for any product listed under the Age Restricted Policy. We offer a Click & Collect service from our store only. Identification will be required as proof of age when collecting goods from our store.

Dangerous chemicals - cigarette lighter fuel, glue, aerosols

Acids

Knives

Cigarette lighter fuel

You must not sell or supply cigarette lighter fuel or any cigarette lighter re-fill canister containing butane, or any other substance containing butane, to any person under the age of 18.

Intoxicating solvents

It is an offence for you to sell or supply any substance to a person under the age of 18 years, or to a person acting on their behalf, knowing, or having reasonable cause to suspect that the substance, or its fumes will be inhaled for the purpose of causing intoxication.

Along with solvent based glue and aerosols these include dry cleaning fluid, correction fluid and thinner, marker pens, 'cold start' and anti freeze.

Aerosol paint

You must not sell an aerosol paint container (a device which contains paint stored under pressure and which is designed to permit the release of paint as a spray) to anyone under 16.

Under the Offensive Weapons Act 2019, it is an offence to sell cleaning products containing corrosive substances to a person under the age 18.

Examples of more common products that contain acidic or other corrosive substances are as follows:

Drain cleaners/unblockers containing sulfuric acid (over 15% concentration)
Paint strippers, drain cleaners/unblockers containing sodium hydroxide (over 12% concentration)
Brick, patio and other cleaners or limescale removers containing hydrochloric acid (over 10% concentration)
Bleaching and other products containing sodium hypochlorite (over 10% concentration)
Cleaning and other products containing ammonium hydroxide (over 10% concentration)
Cleaners, rust removers and other products containing phosphoric acid (over 70% concentration)

It is illegal to sell the following items to anyone under 18-years-old:

Any knife, knife blade or razor blade
Any axe
Any article which has a blade or which is sharply pointed, and which is made or adapted for causing injury to the person

The prohibition does not apply to:

A folding pocket knife with a blade or less than three inches (7.62cm); or
A razor blade permanently held in a cartridge or similar housing where less than 2mm of the blade is exposed

The prohibition is not intended to apply to articles such as scissors or compasses. It does however, apply to traditional non cartridge razor blades, modelling knives and blade refills.