Licensing - Hawking, Mobile Shop, Stall or Stand

All hawkers, mobiles shops and stalls or stands are required to obtain a licence from Council prior to commencing operation (some exemptions may apply).

For more detailed information please contact us.

Basic information for persons wishing to operate as a:

Hawking

Mobile Shop

Stall or Stand

Application Form

Hawking

Council's Bylaw defines a hawker as "any person who carries or takes about any goods, wares, or merchandise for sale not in pursuance of any invitation to call with, or of any previous order of request for, such goods, and includes a peddler and any person who exposes for sale any goods, wares, or merchandise carried or taken about by him, or solicits the custom of any other person; and whether any such person shall cry any such goods, wares, or merchandise or not, but does not include any person who uses any vehicle as a mobile or travelling shop".

In simple terms a hawker is a door-to-door-salesman undertaking 'cold' sales. A "bun-runner" is a common example of a hawker.

Mobile Shop

Council's Bylaw defines a mobile or travelling shop as "a vehicle, whether self-propelled or not, from which goods, wares, or merchandise are offered or exposed for sale in the street, or from which goods, wares, or merchandise may be ordered (whether or not in pursuance of any invitation to call with the goods, wares, or merchandise) or from which services are offered for sale in the street; but does not include any vehicle on or from which food is sold for consumption in or at the vehicle, or any vehicle used for the purpose of transporting and delivering goods, wares or merchandise pursuant to a prior order placed for the delivery of goods, wares, or merchandise".

Council's Bylaw also requires that a mobile or travelling shop may not stop on any public road or public place for any period greater than 10 minutes, unless it has been issued a stall licence by Council.

The classic example of a mobile shop is a "Mr Whippy" van.

Stall or Stand

Council's Bylaw defines a stall or stand to be where a person "stands in or occupies any portion of any public place with, or place or maintain on any portion of any public place, any stall, structure, or contrivance for the purpose of distributing or selling any food or refreshments, newspapers, lottery tickets, textiles, hardware; or stand in or occupy any portion of any public place with, or place or maintain on any portion of any public place any weighing, knife-grinding, automatic vending, or slot entertainment machine or any other similar structure, apparatus or contrivance".

Council's District Plan requires that any stall situated on land zoned Transport Environment for longer than 60 minutes, may be required to obtain a Resource Consent.

Note: Prohibited streets and public places.  Council's Bylaw specifies a number of main roads/streets and public places where hawkers, stalls or stands or mobile or travelling shops are prohibited.

Application Form

To apply for any of the above please fill out the application form below and send it back to Council.

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Application form (Size 44K)

For further detailed information please contact us.