Licensing of street tradersN.I.
1.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, no person shall engage in street trading in any street within a district, unless that person is authorised to do so by a street trading licence or a temporary licence granted under this Act by the council for the district.
(2) Subject to section 2, in this Act “street trading” means—
(a)selling any article or thing, or
(b)supplying a service,
in a street, whether or not in or from a stationary position.
(3) In this Act—
(a)any reference to selling an article or thing includes a reference to offering or exposing an article or thing for sale; and
(b)any reference to supplying a service is a reference to supplying a service for gain or reward and includes a reference to offering to supply a service.
(4) For the purposes of this Act a person engages in street trading whether or not he regularly carries on the business of street trading.