S.I. No. 219/1955:

STREET TRADING (BOROUGH OF GALWAY) REGULATIONS, 1955.

STREET TRADING (BOROUGH OF GALWAY) REGULATIONS, 1955.

WHEREAS the Council of the Urban District of Galway by resolution passed, after due notice, on the 28th day of October, 1937, adopted the Street Trading Act, 1926 (No. 15 of 1926), (hereinafter referred to as the Act) :

AND WHEREAS, by virtue of section 28 of the Local Government (Galway) Act, 1937 , the said resolution has effect as if it were a resolution passed by the Borough Council acting for the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Galway (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation) :

AND WHEREAS the Act now applies to the Borough of Galway :

AND WHEREAS by section 13 of the Act it is enacted that the Minister for Justice may by order make regulations for certain purposes therein specified :

NOW, I, JAMES EVERETT, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 13 of the Act, and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows :--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Street Trading (Borough of Galway) Regulations, 1955.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. Every person desiring to obtain a street trader's certificate shall fill and complete a form of application therefor, which shall be in Form I in the Schedule hereto or in such modification thereof as may be suitable. Such form when completed shall be given to the Chief Superintendent of the Garda Siochána for the Division of Galway, West Riding. Where the applicant is over sixteen years of age, a fee of 5/- must be given to the Chief Superintendent at the time of making the application. In the event of the application being refused, the fee so paid by the applicant shall be returned to him.

4. A street trader's certificate shall be in Form II in the Schedule hereto or in such modification thereof as may be suitable. In the event of the holder of a street trader's certificate changing his address after the issue of such certificate to him, and while such certificate remains in force, he shall notify such change of address to the Chief Superintendent.

5. The tray, bag, basket or like receptacle in which the holder of a street trader's certificate may carry goods of any description shall not exceed eighteen inches in width by twenty-four inches in length.

6. A street trader's stall licence shall be in Form III in the Schedule hereto or in such modification thereof as may be suitable.

7. The registers of street traders' certificates and stall traders' licences to be kept by the Chief Superintendent and Corporation shall be in Forms IV and V, respectively, in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE

Form I.

STREET TRADING ACT, 1926 .

APPLICATION FOR STREET TRADER'S CERTIFICATE.

I, .................................................. residing at............................................................ ....... in the County of........................................ do hereby apply for a Street Trader's Certificate authorising me to act as a Street Trader within the Borough of Galway.

I am under the age of sixteen years.*

............................................................ ........................................

Signature of Applicant.

Date.................... day of............. ..................., 19........

To the Chief Superintendent,

Garda Síochána, Galway.

*Delete if the applicant is over sixteen years of age.

Form II.

STREET TRADING ACT, 1926 .

STREET TRADER'S CERTIFICATE.

No.................................

I, ............................................................ ...................., Chief Superintendent of the Garda Síochána, do hereby authorise ............................................................ ................ of ............................................................ ........................................, to sell and to offer, expose and carry for sale in the Borough of Galway any goods of any description actually carried by him (or her) either directly in his hands or by means of a tray, bag, basket or other receptacle, subject to the provisions of the Street Trading Act, 1926 , and to the limiting of the sizes of receptacles imposed by the Street Trading (Borough of Galway) Regulations, 1955.

This Certificate will expire on the .................... day of ...................., 19......

Dated this .................... day of ...................., 19.........

............................................................ ...............................

Chief Superintendent.

(To be endorsed on back of each Certificate)

Description of Holder of Certificate.

Age ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ 

Height ............................................................ ............................................................ .......................................................

Complexion ............................................................ ............................................................ ...............................................

Hair ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ 

Eyes ............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................................................

Any peculiarity of features, etc., ............................................................ ............................................................ ..........

............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ........

Change of Address ............................................................ ............................................................ .................................

N.B.--(1) Any change of address must be at once reported to the Garda Síochána.

(2) If the holder of this Certificate is under 16 years of age, he or she is not exempt from the obligation to comply with any Bye-Laws made by the Corporation under the Employment of Children Act, 1903.

(3) This Certificate must be produced to any member of the Garda Síochána when demanded.

(4) This Certificate is not transferable.

(5) The tray, bag, basket or other like receptacle in which the holder of a street trader's certificate may carry goods of any description shall not exceed eighteen inches in width by twenty-four inches in length.

Form III.

STREET TRADING ACT, 1926 .

STREET TRADER'S STALL LICENCE.

No..................................

............................................................ ............of............................................................ .... in the Count of........................................................., being the Holder of a Street Trader's Certificate No. .............................................., is hereby authorised

*(A) To offer, expose and carry for sale and to sell on a wheeled and movable stall, barrow, cart, or other vehicle, any goods of any description in the Borough of Galway, subject to the provisions of the Street Trading Act, 1926 , and to any prohibition of certain Streets, and of certain classes of stall trading, and the limiting of the size of vehicles imposed by Bye-laws or regulations made thereunder, or

*(B) To offer, expose and carry for sale and to sell on a stall, booth or other stand.........................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..............................................(a) in ............................................................ ............................................................ ..............................................(b)

in the Borough of Galway

or at............................................................ ............................................................ ........................................(c) in ............................................................ ..............................................(b) in the Borough of Galway, subject to the provisions of the Street Trading Act, 1926 , and to any prohibition of certain streets and the limiting of the size of stands imposed by the Bye-laws and regulations made thereunder.

This Certificate will expire on the ......................... day of ...................., 19........

Dated this ........... day of ............................................................ ....., 19........

Sealed with the Common Seal of the Galway Corporation.

(To be endorsed on the back of each Certificate)

The holder or this Certificate is authorised to employ two assistants whose names, addresses and ages are as follows :--

(The Trader should insert the names, addresses and ages of his assistants)

Stall trading is prohibited in the following streets :--

(The names of streets in which stall-trading is prohibited by Bye-laws made under the Act, should be inserted here).

*Delete paragraph (A) or (B) whichever is inapplicable and if paragraph (B) is allowed to stand delete inapplicable portions.

(a) Specify description of goods trading in which is allowed.

(b) Specify name of street in which trading is allowed.

(c) Specify place at which trading is allowed.

Form IV.

STREET TRADING ACT, 1926 .

REGISTER OF STREET TRADERS.

Form V.

STREET TRADING ACT, 1926 .

REGISTER OF STALL HOLDERS.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 14th day of November, 1955.

(Signed) JAMES EVERETT,

Minister for Justice.