S.L. 441.7 Art. 32Car boot sales.

(1) No activity commonly known as a car boot sale, selling second hand items, shall be carried out in any public or private place without a licence issued by the Trade Licensing Unit:

Provided that if it is carried out in any street it shall also require the consent of the Local Council and the Police.

(2) An application for a licence under this regulation shall contain the following information:

(a) the name of the applicant;

(b) the place where the car boot sale will be held;

(c) the date or dates when the car boot sale will be held.

(3) A licence issued for the organization of a car boot sale shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a) no licence shall be issued unless the applicant is a non-profit making organization: Provided that the applicant submits proof and describes the scope for such fund raising activity in the application for the licence;

(b) the applicant has to submit the following information on each seller to the Trade Licensing Unit by not later than forty-eight (48) hours after the organisation of the car boot sale or as may be required by the regulating authority:

(i) the identity document number, or any other means of identification;

(ii) the registration number of the vehicle used to sell from; and

(iii) general description of goods sold;

(c) the organiser shall allocate equal sites to each seller and each site must not be larger than the space taken by a passenger car;

(d) street and market hawkers and their substitutes shall not be allowed to participate in car boot sales. Therefore no vehicles licensed as street or market hawkers can be allowed to be parked in the area where the car boot sale is being organised;

(e) persons who sell products from any commercial premises shall not be allowed to sell the same type of products in car boot sales;

(f) sellers shall issue a receipt to buyers;

(g) sites shall only be allocated to passenger cars and no sale shall be permitted from vans or any other commercial vehicles.