Are you aware of rules on banned and restricted products

UKCA / CE Marks

You need to check your product meets the UK and European health, safety, performance and environmental requirements. Any item designed or intended, whether or not exclusively, for use in play by children under 14 years of age will need to be CE /UKCA marked under the Toy Safety Directive. The exception to this is specifically collectable items which are aimed at adult consumers. To qualify to be an exception the items must be 1) an item valued and sought by collectors 2) only be sold to customers of ages 14 and above 3) be displayed on a stand and labelled in such a way that it is clear that they are for sale to customers of ages 14 and above only. If items do not comply with these criteria exhibitors will be asked to remove them.

For Full details about UKCA read this page.

For Full details about CE mark read this page.

Planning on selling food or alcohol at your stand?

You need to check with us and we will ask approval from the NEC. Certain requirements have to be met in order for you to sell your product e.g. if you are selling doughnuts, you need to sell these boxed with a minimum quantity of 4 in a box that is packaged as a gift. Likewise if you are selling alcohol then you need to have the license to sell documentation as well as Challenge 25 policy. Alcohol must also be sold in gift sets with minimum quantity

Weapons Policy

Exhibitors taking a trade stand may not bring stock of, display or sell any items which is defined as an offensive weapon under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and the Offensive Weapons Act 2019. This includes any knife, axe or blade and any items adapted for the use of causing injury. It also includes live firearms, deactivated firearms, air rifles etc. Exhibitors carrying these items will be told to remove them.

Movie replica Prop Guns may be sold if clearly packaged as such.

Non-lethal foam LARP weapons may be sold.

Blunt movie replica swords which are not lethal weapons under the act can be displayed. Orders for these items can be taken for mail order after the show to adults only.

Mystery Bags and Boxes

Exhibitors taking a trade stand may not bring stock of, display, take subscriptions for or sell items such as Mystery Boxes and Mystery Bags where the buyer does not know exactly what items they are purchasing. Exhibitors carrying these items will be told to remove them. This restriction does not prevent the sale of booster packs for collectible games.