CAP. 132]
Hawker (Urban Council) By-laws
[Subsidiary]
[1987 Ed.
23 of 1973, s. 36,
Application.
10 of 1987, s. 32(2).
(Cap. 374, sub. leg.)
Hawker permitted places.
L.N. 71/75. L.N. 3/73.
L.N. 71/75.
"Housing Authority estate" means any land vested in the Housing Authority or over which the Housing Authority has control and management;
"itinerant hawker licence" means a licence issued under by-law 9;
"licence" means a licence issued under these by-laws to a person for the purposes of hawking; and "licensee" has a corresponding meaning;
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Urban Council;
"stall" means any stall, erection, structure, box, cart, barrow, trolley, or van, which is used, or is capable of being used, as a place from or on which hawking can be carried on;
"to use", in relation to fixed pitch, includes to place or to acquiesce in the placing of any commodity, equipment, or other object on the pitch or on a stall on the pitch;
"to vacate", in relation to a fixed pitch, includes the removal of any commodity, equipment, or other object placed on the pitch or on a stall on the pitch by or with the acquiescence of the licensee who is using the pitch;
"wall stall" means a stall which is affixed to or placed against any external part of any building or similar structure and which faces onto a street.
3.
(1) These by-laws apply only to the Urban Council area.
(2) These by-laws do not apply to any hawker who--
(a) is hawking as a car cleaner; and
(b) holds a cleaner's permit issued under regulation 24 of the Road Traffic (Parking) Regulations.
4. (1) The Council may, by notice published in the Gazette-
(a) declare any street or part of a street set aside under section 83B or any part of any public place under its control to be a hawker permitted area and an area may be so declared to be a hawker permitted area for specified hours each day; and
(b) declare any hawker permitted area to be restricted to hawkers who hold any particular class or classes of licence.
(2) The Council may erect appropriate signs to indicate-
(a) hawker permitted areas;
(b) the class or classes of licensee which are permitted to hawk in those areas; and
(c) the hours during which licensees are permitted to hawk in those areas.