[1986 Ed. Private Markets (Regional Council)

By-laws

CAP. 132]

BI 3

[Subsidiary]

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph (2), the Council may refuse to register any private market if it considers the registration thereof not to be in the public interest.

(4) For the purposes of first registration of any private market, the application therefor shall be submitted to the Council accompanied by 2 copies of the plans referred to in paragraph (2).

(5) Every plan, or any modification thereof, submitted to the Council for the purposes of an application for the registration of a private market shall, when it is approved by the Council, be endorsed to that effect, and one copy thereof shall be returned to the applicant.

(6) Every registration of a private market shall be renewable annually on 1 July.

(7) The registration or the renewal of the registration of a private market shall be subject to the payment in advance to the Council of a fee calculated at the rate of $10 per stall (whether or not any stall is occupied) up to a maximum fee of $1,000:

Provided that, where a private market is first registered in the second half of any year of registration, the fee payable in respect of the grant of registration shall be one-half of the fee prescribed.

5. No alteration or addition shall be made to any private market or to any structure, or stall or any latrine or drainage works comprising any part of the market place otherwise than in accordance with plans approved by the Council.

6. (1) If in the opinion of the Council any part of a private market is in such a state by reason of dilapidation or lack of repair as to be unfit or unsuitable for the purpose of a private market, the Council, by notice served upon the owner of such market, may require him within such period, not being less than 30 days after the service of the notice, as shall be specified in the notice, to remedy such dilapidation or carry out such repairs to the satisfaction of the Council as shall be specified in the notice.

(2) If the owner of a private market fails to comply with the requirements of any notice served upon him in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1), the Council may enter upon the premises in which the market is carried on and may carry out or cause to be carried out all such work as may be necessary for compliance with the notice and may recover the cost thereof from the owner of the market.

7. (1) Before first registration of any private market, the owner thereof shall allot a consecutive number to each stall, which shall be clearly indicated thereon in permanent form, and shall inform the Council of the nature of the commodities which will be sold therefrom.

Restriction on alteration of market building or stalls.

10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

Maintenance and repair of markets.

10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

Stalls in private markets to be numbered and classified.

10 of 1986, s. 32(2).

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