Street traders to be licensed
1Licensing of street traders
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.