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(78 of 1999 s. 7) (Cap 132, section 83A) [3 November 1972] (L.N. 202 of 1972) Cap 132AI s 1 (Repealed 78 of 1999 s. 7) PART I PRELIMINARY Cap 132AI s 2 Interpretation In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires- (78 of 1999 s. 7) "boundaries" (界线), in relation to a pitch, means the boundaries of the pitch as delineated by the Director in accordance with this Regulation; (78 of 1999 s. 7) "commodities" (商品) means any goods, wares, or merchandise; and includes any samples and patterns of goods, wares, and merchandise; "deputy" (替手) means a person appointed by a hawker under section 11 to deputize for him; (78 of 1999 s. 7) "Director" (署长) means the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene; (78 of 1999 s. 7) "drink" (饮品) includes every type of prepared beverage except one that is sealed in a bottle or canister at the time of manufacture; "equipment" (设备) includes any stall, table, stool, chair, utensil, water container, dustbin, or other article used by a hawker in connection with hawking; but does not include any commodity sold or exposed for sale by the hawker; "fixed pitch" (固定摊位) means any pitch delineated on the ground under section 27 or a pitch specified in a fixed-pitch hawker licence issued under section 8(1); (L.N. 73 of 1973; 78 of 1999 s. 7) "fixed-pitch hawker licence" (固定摊位小贩牌照) means a licence issued under section 8; (78 of 1999 s. 7) "hawker" (小贩) includes a deputy; (78 of 1999 s. 7) "hawker badge" (小贩证) means a badge issued under section 10A; (78 of 1999 s. 7) "hawker bazaar" (小贩市场) means an area of ground demarcated by the Director and allocated by him for the use of hawkers; (78 of 1999 s. 7) "hawker permitted area" (小贩认可区) means any area which is declared in accordance with section 4(1) to be a hawker permitted area; (78 of 1999 s. 7) "Housing Authority estate" (房屋委员会产业) means any land vested in the Housing Authority or over which the Housing Authority has control and management; (23 of 1973 s. 36) "itinerant hawker licence" (流动小贩牌照) means a licence issued under section 9; (78 of 1999 s. 7) "licence" (牌照) means a licence issued under this Regulation to a person for the purposes of hawking; and "licensee" (持牌人) has a corresponding meaning; (78 of 1999 s. 7) "stall" (摊档) means any stall, erection, structure, box, cart, barrow, trolley, or van, which is used, or is capable of being used, as a place from or on which hawking can be carried on; "to use" (使用), in relation to fixed pitch, includes to place or to acquiesce in the placing of any commodity, equipment, or other object on the pitch or on a stall on the pitch; "to vacate" (腾空), in relation to a fixed pitch, includes the removal of any commodity, equipment, or other object placed on the pitch or on a stall on the pitch by or with the acquiescence of the licensee who is using the pitch; "wall stall" (靠墙摊档) means a stall which is affixed to or placed against any external part of any building or similar structure and which faces onto a street. (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132AI s 3 Application (1) (Repealed 78 of 1999 s. 7) (2) This Regulation do not apply to any hawker who- (78 of 1999 s. 7) (a) is hawking as a car cleaner; and (b) holds a cleaner's permit issued under regulation 24 of the Road Traffic (Parking) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.).(3) This Regulation does not apply to any hawker who is hawking on enclosed land held on lease or permit from the Government. (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132AI s 4 Hawker permitted places (1) The Director may, by notice published in the Gazette- (a) declare any street or part of a street set aside under section 83B or any part of any public place under his control to be a hawker permitted area and an area may be so declared to be a hawker permitted area for specified hours each day; and (L.N. 3 of 1973; L.N. 71 of 1975) (b) declare any hawker permitted area to be restricted to hawkers who hold any particular class or classes of licence. (2) The Director may erect appropriate signs to indicate- (a) hawker permitted areas; (b) the class or classes of licensee which are permitted to hawk in those areas; and (c) the hours during which licensees are permitted to hawk in those areas. (L.N. 71 of 1975) (3) The Director shall- (a) prepare one or more maps which delineate clearly every hawker permitted area; and (b) indicate on those maps the class or classes of licensee that may hawk in those areas. (4) The Director shall keep all maps that he is required to prepare under subsection (3) available at his office during the ordinary business hours of that office for inspection by any member of the public who desires to see them. (78 of 1999 s. 7) Cap 132AI s 5 Hawkers to be licensed PART II HAWKER LICENCES (1) (Repealed L.N. 143 of 1987) (2) No licensee may hawk any commodity or service that is not specified in his licence. |