Part II Licensing and Regulation—Particular Activities
Miscellaneous licences
40 Market operators’ licences.
(1)
Subject to subsection (2) below, a licence, to be known as a “market operator’s licence”, shall be required for carrying on a private market.
(2)
A market operator’s licence shall not be required for carrying ; on either of the following—
(a)
functions held by charitable, religious, youth, recreational, community, political or similar organisations;
(b)
markets held only for the sale of livestock, fodder or grain.
(3)
In addition to any other condition which may be included, a licence in respect of a private market shall include conditions as to—
(a)
the regulation of days and hours of opening;
(b)
the provision of adequate toilet facilities;
(c)
the layout of the site or premises on which the market is to be held;
(d)
the maintenance of order and public safety.
(4)
In this section, “private market” means a market, whether covered or not, carried on by any person other than a local or public authority at which goods are offered by more than one seller for sale by retail to the public.