CENTRAL DISTRICT COUNCIL (MARKETS) BYE-LAWS

(under sections 33 and 34)

(7th April, 1989)

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS

    BYE-LAW

    1.    Citation

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Control of markets

    4.    Hiring of stalls in markets

    5.    Subletting of stalls prohibited

    6.    Condition of stalls at end of hire

    7.    Cleanliness of stalls, etc.

    8.    Erection of buildings, etc., within markets prohibited

    9.    Order in markets

    10.    Animals not allowed in markets

    11.    Business days and hours of markets

    12.    Inspection of scales, weights and measures in markets

    13.    Inspection of merchandise in markets

    14.    Penalties

        First Schedule

        Second Schedule - Rental for Stalls

        Third Schedule - Hours within which Markets to be Opened and Closed

S.I. 30, 1989.

1.    Citation

    These Bye-laws may be cited as the Central District Council (Markets) Bye-laws*.

*Originally made under the Township Act now repealed, these regulations have been continued under s 94(2) of the Local Government Act, 2013.

2.    Interpretation

    In these Bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires—

    "Council" means the Central District Council;

    "health inspector" means a health inspector employed by the Government or by the Council;

    "market" means a market established by the Council;

    "market master" means a person appointed by the Council to be market master for the purpose of these Bye-laws;

    "stall" includes any building, stand, shelter, table, place or plot within a market set aside for the sale of merchandise or the provision of a service to the public;

    "stall holder" means a person by whom a stall in hired under these Bye-laws.

3.    Control of markets

    Every market shall be under the control and supervision of a market master.

4.    Hiring of stalls in markets

    (1) A person wishing to hire a stall shall make written application therefor to the Council in the form set out in Part I of the First Schedule.

    (2) The Council may grant any application made to it under sub-bye-law (1) unless—

    (a)    every stall of the type for which application is made is already hired;

    (b)    in its opinion the applicant is under 16 years of age; or

    (c)    in its opinion to grant the application would not be in the public interest, in which case it shall reject the application.

    (3) Any person whose application has been rejected under sub-bye-law (2) may appeal in writing against that decision to the Minister.

    (4) Where an application under sub-bye-law (1) is granted, the market master shall issue a permit substantially in the form set out in Part II of the First Schedule and the permit shall specify—

    (a)    the full name, place of abode and postal address, if any, of the person to whom the permit is issued;