S.L. 441.7 Art. 31Licensing of commercial vehicles used for the sale of goods as part of a licensed commercial activity.

(1) A licensee of a principal commercial activity shall make an application on an appropriate form to the Trade Licensing

Unit for a licence referred to as a marketing agents licence that place items on the market.

(2) The purpose of such a licence is to permit the use of the commercial vehicle for the sale of goods by retail by an employee or agent on behalf of the licensee of the principal commercial activity, from any street or other place, other than commercial premises or a kiosk, and such licence shall be required for each and every vehicle used for the exercising of such retail sale:

Provided that such licence shall not entitle any person to act as a market hawker.

(3) The licence will be issued within ten (10) working days from the date of application made by the applicant and such licence shall be issued in the name of an individual personally or on behalf of a commercial partnership or company and the address shown on the licence shall be the address of the principal commercial premises.

(4) The licence issued by the Trade Licensing Unit shall indicate whether the vehicle is licensed to sell food or non-food items. In the case that this activity concerns the selling of food items prior approval by the health authorities must be obtained.

(5) If a licensee is in possession of more than one category of licence at one particular point in time for different categories of food and other non-food items, that licensee shall make use of only one licence and restrict his commercial activity from every vehicle to one specific category as he may decide:

Provided that with reference to food related items the Trade Licensing Unit, following a recommendation by the health authorities, may order the licensee to sell or not to sell specific items as ordered by the health authorities. Likewise with reference to non-food related items the Trade Licensing Unit following a recommendation by the Police, may issue an order to the licensee to restrict the selling of any item that may be causing an infringement of public order.

(6) The licence for use as a commercial motor vehicle as described above shall have the following information:

(a) the name and number of a legally valid identification document of the principal licence holder;

(b) the address of the premises of the principal licensed commercial activity;

(c) the type and make of the vehicle and the registration number; and

(d) the address of the garage of the motor vehicle.

The provisions of regulation 30 relating to street hawking shall apply to licences issued to vehicles licensed mutatis mutandis to sell by retail in accordance with this regulation.