Agenda item

To consider proposals relating to enforcement activities in respect of street trading.

PORT HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

(Jeremy Lewis Simons)

21 May 2019

Street Trading: Repeal of Part III of the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1965

Under the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1965 (“the 1965 Act”), it was unlawful for a person to carry out street trading on a City walkway. However, the City  Corporation’s powers of enforcement did not extend to seizure and forfeiture, which were available in respect of illegal street trading on a street under the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1987 (“the 1987 Act”), as amended by the City of London (Various Powers) Act 2013.

The City Corporation was entitled, acting through the Court of Common Council, to appoint a day for the repeal of Part III of the 1965 Act and advertise this date in the London Gazette and a newspaper circulating in the City. The effect of this would be to include City walkways within the street trading regime applied by the 1987 Act and will enable full enforcement including prosecution, seizure and forfeiture and the issuing of temporary street trading licences on City walkways.

The Court of Common Council was, therefore, recommended to agree that Monday 22 July 2019 be appointed as the day from which the provisions of Part III of the 1965 Act be repealed and that this date be advertised in the London Gazette and a newspaper circulating in the City. This would allow for full enforcement action to be employed by the City Corporation henceforth.

Resolved – That Monday 22 July 2019 be appointed as the day from which the provisions of Part III of the 1965 Act be repealed and that this date be advertised in the London Gazette and a newspaper circulating in the City.