Question

what are the conditions of street hawkers

Answer 1

A Street Hawker using a motor vehicle to carry on the commercial activity shall have premises available where to garage the motor vehicle.  The Registration Number of the vehicle used for hawking and the address of the premises used for the purpose of garaging the vehicle used by the Hawker must be clearly indicated on the application.  Any change in the vehicle or garage must be notified to the Trade Licensing Unit within ten (10) working days after the change occurs.  An application cannot be accepted and processed by the Trade Licensing Unit if the address of the garage or any other address for the Store where goods are stored are not given.  The Trade Licensing Unit has the right to inspect such premises and to demand any documentation that proves the ownership of the premises when the application indicates the use of such premises by more than one applicant.



Conditions

A Street Hawker may carry out his commercial activity from any place, in any street, by hawking (that is, by parking his vehicle according to the traffic regulations in any street where he stops to sell till he serves his customers and then after serving his costumers moves to another place), subject to the following conditions:

(a) that while the Street Hawker stops to sell to his clients, no nuisance or inconvenience is caused to the inhabitants or passers-by in the street;

(b) that the vehicle is parked within a permitted parking space and no inconvenience is caused to the flow of traffic;

(c) that when a Street Hawker stops his vehicle to sell to his clients, the vehicle 

must not be parked within fifty (50) metres of walking distance  from the next open air market;

(d) that in Valletta, only street hawking of vegetables, bread, milk, flowers, kerosene and gas cylinders shall be permitted;

(e) that no commercial activities by street hawkers shall be carried out in Valletta in Castille Square, in St. George’s Square or in St. John’s Square and in the City Gate area of Valletta including Freedom Square the arches included, the bridge and the Bus Terminus including Saint James Ditch;

(f) that no commercial activity by Street Hawkers offering for sale agricultural produce shall be permitted within 500 metres of an agricultural marketing centre or a Farmers’ Market.