Casual Trading Act, 1980

Repeals.

19.—(1) The Pedlars Act, 1871 , the Hawkers Act, 1888, and the Street Trading Act, 1926 , are hereby repealed insofar as they apply in relation to casual trading and occasional trading within the meaning of the Occasional Trading Act, 1979 .

(2) Where immediately before the commencement of this section a person was in respect of any area the holder of a certificate under the Pedlars Act, 1871 , for the time being in force, a licence under the Hawkers Act, 1888, for the time being in force, a street trader's certificate under the Street Trading Act, 1926 , for the time being in force or a street trader's stall licence under that Act for the time being in force and, but for this subsection, this Act would apply to such person on such commencement, this Act shall not apply in relation to the person in respect of that area until the expiry of one year from the grant of the said certificate under the Pedlars Act, 1871 , licence under the Hawkers Act, 1888, street trader's certificate or street trader's stall licence, as the case may be, and the said Pedlars Act, 1871 , Hawkers Act, 1888, or Street Trading Act, 1926 , as the case may be, shall, notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, continue to apply in relation to the person until the expiry of one year from the grant of the said certificate, licence under the Hawkers Act, 1888, street trader's licence or street trader's stall licence, as the case may be.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the Street Trading Act, 1926 , shall continue in operation in the functional area of a local authority to which, upon the commencement of this section, it applies until, but only until—

(a) the expiration of two years from such commencement, or

(b) the designation under section 7 of this Act by the authority of land in the area as a casual trading area,

whichever should first happen and, as respects a person who immediately before such commencement was the holder of a street trader's certificate under that Act for the time being in force in respect of the area, notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, the said subsection (2) shall not apply in relation to the person in so far as he was such holder.