PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, 1960. (No. 30 of 1960).
HAWKER (AMENDMENT) BY-LAWS, 1962.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 83 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, 1960, the Urban Council has made the following by-laws-
1. These by-laws may be cited as the Hawker (Amendment) Citation. By-laws, 1962.
108/60).
2. By-law 7 of the Hawker By-laws. 1960. (hereinafter referred Amendment to as the principal by-laws) is amended in paragraph (1) by the deletion of by-law 7. of item (x) of Table I and the substitution therefor of the following- (GN.A.
"(x) wall stall licence
$20 per foot of the overall length of the stall measured between perpendiculars from the ground to the extremities of the stall, or $60, whichever is the greater,”.
3.
By-law 21 of the principal by-laws is amended in the proviso Amendment to paragraph (1) by the deletion of sub-paragraph (c) and the substitu- of by-law 21. tion therefor of the following-
1962.
"(c) fixed pitch stalls.”.
Made by the Urban Council this 4th day of December, 1962.
1.5 Whittony
Secretary,
Approved by the Legislative Council this 19th day of December,
Council Chamber,
19th December, 1962.
Clerk of Councils.
Explanatory Natem
(This Note is not part of the by-laws, but is intended to indicate their general purport).
The effect of these by-laws i9-
(a) to simplify the computation of licence fees payable in respect of wall stalls by basing the amount of the fee payable not upon the average ares occupied by the stall but upon its overall length; and (b) to exempt fixed pitch stall hawkers from the need to remove from their stalls before 10 p.m. each night all their goods and equipment. (Secretariat GRS/3231/60)