Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974

Street trading U.K.

X1 17 As to restriction on grant of annual street trading licence. U.K.

In subsection (2A) of section 21 (Annual licences) of the Act of 1947 (as set out in section 33(3) of the M1 London County Council (General Powers) Act 1962), for the word “ten” in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the words “twenty-one”.

Editorial Information

X1 The text of ss. 17–19 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. Parts of these provisions have been repealed by London Local Authorities Act 1990 (c. vii), ss. 24, 40, Sch. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1962 c. xiv.

X2 18 Further provisions as to street trading. U.K.

In section 29 (Offences penalties &c.) of the Act of 1947, at the end there shall be added:—

“(4) (a) The references in subsections (1) and (3) respectively of this section to a person who or whose assistant without the authority of a street trading licence engages in street trading in any manner described in the said subsection (1) or to a person found engaging in street trading in any manner described in the said subsection (3) shall be deemed to include a reference to a person who or whose assistant sells or exposes or offers for sale any article or thing on or from land within twenty feet of any street or designated street and who is not—

(i) the owner of that land; or

(ii) the occupier of that land and liable to be assessed to rates in respect thereof; or

(iii) on that land with the consent in writing of the said owner or occupier.

(b) Where in any proceedings under this section it is shown that any article or thing was sold or exposed or offered for sale by a person on or from land within twenty feet of any street or designated street the burden of proof shall lie on that person to show to the satisfaction of the court that at the relevant time he was a person referred to in sub-paragraphs (i) or (ii) of the foregoing paragraph or had the consent referred to in sub-paragraph (iii) thereof.”

Editorial Information

X2 The text of ss. 17–19 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. Parts of these provisions have been repealed by London Local Authorities Act 1990 (c. vii), ss. 24, 40, Sch. 2

X3 19 Modification of Act of 1957. U.K.

(1) Section 74 (Evidence of street trading in proceedings) of the Act of 1957 shall apply to the display of any article or thing in or on any receptacle in a stationary position on land within twenty feet of any street or designated street as it applies to the like display of any article or thing in any street.

(2) In this section, “designated street” and “street” have the same meanings as in the Act of 1947.

Editorial Information

X3 The text of ss. 17–19 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991. Parts of these provisions have been repealed by London Local Authorities Act 1990 (c. vii), ss. 24, 40, Sch. 2

F1 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 20 repealed by General London Council (General Powers) Act 1981 (c. xvii) s. 22, Sch. 2