PART 2Trading Regulations

Interpretation of Part 23.

In this Part—

(a)

any reference (however phrased) to selling an article includes a reference to offering or exposing an article for sale,

(b)

any reference (however phrased) to supplying a service includes a reference to offering to supply a service,

(c)

“busking” means a performance of live music in a street, during which members of the public are invited to give money to the performers,

(d)

“motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in section 185 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 M1,

(e)

“open public place” means—

(i)

a road, or

(ii)

another place—

(aa)

to which the public have access (whether generally or only for the purpose of the trading), and

(bb)

which is not in a building (except one designed or generally used for the parking of cars),

(f)

“performance of a play” means performance of any dramatic piece, whether improvisational or not—

(i)

given wholly or in part by one or more persons actually present and performing, and

(ii)

in which the whole or a major proportion of what is done by the person performing, whether by way of speech, singing or action, involves the playing of a role,

(g)

“public entertainment” means entertainment of one of the following descriptions provided for members of the public—

(i)

a performance of live music,

(ii)

any playing of recorded music,

(iii)

a performance of dance,

(iv)

a performance of a play,

(v)

any entertainment of a similar description to that in heads (i) to (iv),

(h)

“selling an article” includes trading by a person acting as a pedlar whether or not under the authority of a pedlar's certificate granted under the Pedlars Act 1871 M2, and

(i)

“trading activity” means activity which, in terms of regulation 4, is to be treated as trading for the purposes of the trading offence.