Street Trading Act (Northern Ireland) 2001

Applications for the grant, renewal or variation of street trading licences N.I.

5.—(1) An application for the grant, renewal or variation of a street trading licence—

(a) shall be made under this section in writing, and in such form and at such time as the council to which the application is made may specify; and

(b) shall, if the council so requires, be accompanied by any fee (or such part as the council may determine of any fee) payable under section 15(1).

(2) An application for the grant of a street trading licence shall be made to the council for the district in which the applicant wishes to trade.

(3) An application for the renewal or variation of a street trading licence shall be made to the council that granted the licence.

(4) An application for the grant or renewal of a street trading licence shall state—

(a) the full name, address and date of birth of the applicant;

(b) whether the applicant wishes to trade as a stationary trader or as a mobile trader, and—

(i) where the applicant wishes to trade as a stationary trader, the street in which he wishes to trade and the location at which he wishes to have his street trading pitch; or

(ii) where the applicant wishes to trade as a mobile trader, the area or areas of the district in which he wishes to trade;

(c) the days on which and the times between which the applicant wishes to trade;

(d) the description of articles, things or services in which the applicant wishes to trade and the description of any receptacle he wishes to use in connection with his trading;

(e) the arrangements the applicant has made, or proposes to make, for storing such articles, things or receptacles.

(5) An application for the grant or renewal of a street trading licence shall, if the council so requires, be accompanied by 2 photographs of the applicant which are acceptable to the council.

(6) An application for a council to vary a street trading licence under section 11 shall state the manner in which the licence holder wishes the council to vary the conditions specified in the licence.

(7) An application under this section shall contain such further particulars, relevant to street trading, as the council may reasonably require.

(8) Where a council receives an application under this section, it shall within a reasonable time give notice in writing to the applicant of its decision with respect to the application.