Street and House to House Collections Act, 1962 . [25th June, 1962.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— Definitions. 1.—In this Act, save where the context otherwise requires— “Chief Superintendent” means a Chief Superintendent for the time being of the Garda Síochána and includes an officer of the Garda Síochána acting as a Chief Superintendent; “collection” means a collection of money from the […]
General Dealers (Ireland) Act, 1903 GENERAL DEALERS (IRELAND) ACT 1903 CHAPTER XLIV. An Act for regulating the business of Marine Store Dealers and Dealers in Second-hand Goods in Ireland. [14th August 1903.] Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority […]
Employment Agencies Licence The Employment Agency Act of 1971 provides for the regulation of employment agencies. A person may not carry on the business of an employment agency except under and in accordance with a licence under the Act. An application for a licence is made to the Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment. An advertisement is to be published in a daily newspaper circulating […]
Shops Trading Hours and Other Legal Considerations The Shops (Hours of Trading) Act, 1938 regulates shop opening times. The legislation is largely inoperative because the requisite orders that may be made under it are not in force or in other cases, orders have been made which restrict the application of the Act. Working time legislation may effectively determine opening and Sunday opening hours. Licensing law […]
Common Law Markets and Fairs There continue to exist ancient common law rights to hold a market. The right is a franchise which permits the holding of a market of buyers and sellers of the goods to which the market relates. Many such rights are now held by local authorities and other quasi-public bodies. A fair is a franchise giving the right to hold a […]
Casual Trading Casual trading areas are designated by bye-laws made by the local authority. Casual selling means selling goods at a place including a public road, to which the public has access as of right or any other place that is a casual trading area. Casual trading does not include selling by auction by the holder of an auctioneer’s licence; selling in a place where […]
Occasional Trading Occasional trading means selling goods by retail at a premises or place not being a public road to which persons have a right of access where the persons doing so has been in occupation for less than three months. Occasional trading does not apply in respect of selling by auction by a licensed auctioneer other than a Dutch auction; selling at a trade, […]