# Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W

(1) In this Schedule—
“consent street” means a street in which street trading is prohibited without the consent of the district council;
“licence street” means a street in which street trading is prohibited without a licence granted by the district council;
“principal terms”, in relation to a street trading licence, has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 4(3) below;
“prohibited street” means a street in which street trading is prohibited;
“street” includes—
(a)any road, footway, beach or other area to which the public have access without payment; and
(b)a service area as defined in section 329 of the Highways Act 1980,
and also includes any part of a street;
“street trading” means, subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, the selling or exposing or offering for sale of any article (including a living thing) in a street; and
“subsidiary terms”, in relation to a street trading licence, has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 4(4) below.
(2) The following are not street trading for the purposes of this Schedule—
(a) trading by a person acting as a pedlar under the authority of a pedlar’s certificate granted under the Pedlars Act 1871;
(b) anything done in a market or fair the right to hold which was acquired by virtue of a grant (including a presumed grant) or acquired or established by virtue of an enactment or order.
(c) trading in a trunk road picnic area provided by the Secretary of State under section 112 of the Highways Act 1980;
(d) trading as a news vendor;
(e) trading which—
(i) is carried on at premises used as a petrol filling station; or
(ii) is carried on at premises used as a shop or in a street adjoining premises so used and as part of the business of the shop;
(f) selling things, or offering or exposing them for sale, as a roundsman;
(g) the use for trading under Part VIIA of the Highways Act 1980 of an object or structure placed on, in or over a highway;
(h) the operation of facilities for recreation or refreshment under Part VIIA of the Highways Act 1980;
(j) the doing of anything authorised by regulations made under section 5 of the Police, Factories, etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916.
(3) The reference to trading as a news vendor in sub-paragraph (2)(d) above is a reference to trading where—
(a) the only articles sold or exposed or offered for sale are newspapers or periodicals; and
(b) they are sold or exposed or offered for sale without a stall or receptacle for them or with a stall or receptacle for them which does not—
(i) exceed one metre in length or width or two metres in height;
(ii) occupy a ground area exceeding 0·25 square metres; or
(iii) stand on the carriageway of a street.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/30/schedule/4/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-miscellaneous-provisions-act-1982/schedule-4/paragraph-1
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