London Local Authorities Act 1994

Temporary licences

31 (1) A borough council may if they think fit on the receipt from any person of an application for that purpose and accompanied by the appropriate fee grant to that person a temporary licence.

(2) A temporary licence shall be valid only for the day or period specified in the licence and—

(a) shall be in the like form as a street trading licence with such modifications therein as the circumstances require; and

(b) shall prescribe such conditions as the borough council deem appropriate.

(3) Where the holder of a street trading licence is not for the time being exercising his rights under the licence, a temporary licence authorising street trading in the position or place prescribed by the street trading licence may be granted to any other person but shall be subject to the condition that it shall cease to be valid if during the currency thereof the holder of the licence desires to resume the exercise of his rights and gives the appropriate notice, and for the purposes of this subsection “the appropriate notice” means—

(a) in the case of a holder of a licence who has not exercised his rights under the licence for a period of at least 14 days, 7 days' notice;

(b) in any other case, 24 hours' notice.

(4) In this section “appropriate fee” means such fee as the borough council may have determined under section 32 (Fees and charges) of this Act.