Licensed Hawkers Act 1898 (SA)

ANNO SEXAGESIMO PRIM0 ET SEXAGESIMO

SECUNDO

VICTORIA3 REGINB.

A.D. 1898.

No. 710.

An Act relating to the Licensing of Hawkers.

[Assen t e n to, December 23rd 1898.1

E it Enacted by the Governor, with the advice and consent of

B the Parliament of South Australia, as follows:

l, This Act may be cited as The Licensed Hawkers Amend- incorporation. f~hort title and

ment Act, 1898," and shall be incorporated with the b%icensed

Hawkers Act, 1863."

2, The whole of the paragraphs of section 290 of (' The District Repeal.

South Australia f o r at least two years.

Councils Act, 1887," and of section 314 of " The Municipal Corporations Act, 1890," commencing "For licensing hawkers " are hereby repealed, but so that any licence granted thereunder before the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, shall continue until the period of its expiration, not (exceeding one year from the granting thereof.

3. The fees for hawkers' licences under the " Licensed Hawkers Fees forlioenw.

Act, 1863," shall be as stated in the Schedule hereto in lie11 of the

fees fixed by the said Act.

4. No hawker's licence shall hereafter be issued to any alien Licmea to aliem.

except on proof to the satisfaction of the licensing authority that such alien has a sufficient knowledge of the English language for

the exercise of the trade of a hawker, and that he has resided in

2, 61' & 62" VICTORIE, No. 710.

The -Licensed Hawkers Amendment Act,--1898.

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Power to make 6, Any Municipal Corporation or District Council may make

by-]awe.

by-laws for licensing hawkers trading within any such municipality or district, fixing the fees to be paid for licences and preventing

Protriso.

hawking by unlicensed persons: Provided that no licence shall be required to enable any person to hawk vegetables, fruit, or dairy produce of their own production, or fish, and no licence issued by any Municipal Corporation or District Council shall have any force beyond the boundaries of the municipality or district by whom it is issued. The amount to be paid for a hawker's licence under any by-law shall not exceed one-fourth of the fees set out in the Schedule hereto.

Tresaurer's licence to 6, Every licence issued by the Treasurer shall be of full force and

prevail in Corpora- validity in every Municipal Corporation and District Council, not-

tiOm and District

co~n~ i l s. .	withstanding such	corporation or council shall have made a bylaw
as aforesaid.

Feee to $0 to District	7. The fees for hawkers' licences issued by the Treasurer shall be annually divided among the District Councils and Municipalities in proportions determined by the amount of rates collected in each. The amount to be divided shall be ascertained as on the thirtieth day of June in each year.
Councils and
municipalities.

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

S. J. WAY, LieutenanbGovemor.

THE

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The Aicmsed Buwkers Amendment A c t. 1 8 9 8.

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THE SCHEDULE.

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For a licence to hawk with a four-wheeled vehicle dram by horses or

other animal^, per annum ........................ .. ... ... *.m 2 0 0

For a licence to hawk with a two-wheeled vehicle drawn by horses or

other animals, per annum .................................... 1 10 0

For a licence to hawk with a hand-cart, per annum .................. 1 0	0
For a licence to hawk with a pack or basket, per annum .............. 0 10	0

For a servant's licence ............................. .Half fees as set out above.

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Adelaide : By authority, C. E. Bats~ow, Government P&ter, North Terrace.