Street Trading Act (Northern Ireland) 2001

Licensing of street traders

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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.