Casual Trading Act, 1980
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Casual trading permits. |
5.—(1) (a) Where there is a casual trading area in the functional area of a local authority, then, subject to the subsequent provisions of this section, a local authority shall, on the application in writing therefor of a person who is the holder of a casual trading licence for the time being in force and on payment of a fee of £20, grant to the person a permit (referred to in this Act as “a casual trading permit”), in such form and specifying such matters as the local authority may determine, authorising the person to engage in casual trading at one place only in one specified casual trading area in the functional area of the authority on specified days. | |
(b) A local authority may grant more than one casual trading permit to a person in respect of casual trading in different casual trading areas or at different specified places in a casual trading area. | ||
(2) An application for a casual trading permit shall be made to the local authority concerned not less than 30 days before the first day on which it is intended to engage in the casual trading to which the application relates. | ||
(3) (a) A casual trading permit shall contain such conditions (if any) as the local authority concerned determines and specifies in the permit. | ||
(b) A person who holds a casual trading permit shall comply with the conditions of the permit. | ||
(c) A person who contravenes paragraph (b) of this subsection shall be guilty of an offence. | ||
(4) A local authority may refuse to grant a casual trading permit to a person who has been convicted of an offence under section 3 of this Act. | ||
(5) A local authority may revoke a casual trading permit if it is satisfied that a condition of the permit has been or is being contravened or if the person to whom it was granted is convicted of an offence under section 3 of this Act. | ||
(6) A casual trading permit, if not previously revoked, shall continue in force for a period of twelve months and shall then expire. | ||
(7) A person who applies to a local authority for the grant of a casual trading permit shall furnish to the authority such information as the authority may request for the purpose of the exercise of its powers and functions under this section and, if the person fails to comply with this subsection, the authority may refuse to grant the permit to him. | ||
(8) The Minister may by regulations, vary, either generally or in relation to a specified class or specified classes of applicants for casual trading permits, the amounts of any fees specified in subsection (1) of this section or varied under this subsection and the said subsection (1) shall have effect in accordance with any such regulations. |