Street Trader Licence
A licence is needed by any person who carries on street trading whether as an employee or self-employed. Under the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1937, no person under 17 may engage in street trading.
Street trading covers:
- hawking eg selling from door to door
- selling
- offering or exposing for sale any articles
- offering to carry out any service for money or monies worth in any public place (whether a thoroughfare or not), to which the public have unrestricted access. eg wheelie bin cleaners
People trading in or from a vehicle, kiosk or moveable stall need to be licensed, unless they are trading as part of and adjacent to their retail premises.
Street trading activities involving food or goods for human consumption and operating from a vehicle, kiosk or moveable stall will not be granted a licence unless a Certificate of Compliance with the Food Hygiene Regulations is held.
Street trading is considered a mobile activity and is normally restricted by condition to a maximum of one hour on any one location. Any person wishing to trade for longer than one hour will need to apply separately for a variation of standard conditions.
