Licensing of street traders

8Mandatory grounds for refusing an application

(1)

A council shall refuse an application under section 5 if the applicant—

(a)

is not an individual; or

(b)

has not reached the upper limit of compulsory school age, within the meaning of Article 46 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 3).

(2)

A council shall refuse an application under section 5 if the applicant wishes to trade at a place where trading would contravene any statutory provision or rule of law.

(3)

A council shall refuse an application under section 5 if the applicant wishes to trade as a stationary trader—

(a)

in a street which is not a designated street; or

(b)

in any article, thing or service the sale or supply of which would be contrary to the terms of any designating resolution having effect in relation to the designated street in which the applicant wishes to trade.