Hong Kong Regulations

HAWKER REGULATION - SECT 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires- (78 of 1999 s. 7)

"boundaries" (界線), in relation to a pitch, means the boundaries of the
pitch as delineated by the Director in accordance with this Regulation;

(78 of 1999 s. 7)

"commodities" (商品) means any goods, wares, or merchandise; and includes
any samples and patterns of goods, wares, and merchandise;

"deputy" (替手) means a person appointed by a hawker under section 11 to
deputize for him; (78 of 1999 s. 7)

"Director" (署長) means the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene; (78
of 1999 s. 7)

"drink" (飲品) includes every type of prepared beverage except one that is
sealed in a bottle or canister at the time of manufacture;

"equipment" (設備) includes any stall, table, stool, chair, utensil, water
container, dustbin, or other article used by a hawker in connection with
hawking; but does not include any commodity sold or exposed for sale by the
hawker;

"fixed pitch" (固定攤位) means any pitch delineated on the ground under
section 27 or a pitch specified in a fixed-pitch hawker licence issued under
section 8(1); (L.N. 73 of 1973; 78 of 1999 s. 7)

"fixed-pitch hawker licence" (固定攤位小販牌照) means a licence issued
under section 8; (78 of 1999 s. 7)

"hawker" (小販) includes a deputy; (78 of 1999 s. 7)

"hawker badge" (小販證) means a badge issued under section 10A; (78 of 1999
s. 7)

"hawker bazaar" (小販市場) means an area of ground demarcated by the
Director and allocated by him for the use of hawkers; (78 of 1999 s. 7)

"hawker permitted area" (小販認可區) means any area which is declared in
accordance with section 4(1) to be a hawker permitted area; (78 of 1999 s. 7)

"Housing Authority estate" (房屋委員會產業) means any land vested in
the Housing Authority or over which the Housing Authority has control and
management;

(23 of 1973 s. 36)

"itinerant hawker licence" (流動小販牌照) means a licence issued under
section  9 ; (78 of 1999 s. 7)

"licence" (牌照) means a licence issued under this Regulation to a person
for the purposes of hawking; and "licensee" (持牌人) has a corresponding
meaning; (78 of 1999 s. 7)

"stall" (攤檔) means any stall, erection, structure, box, cart, barrow,
trolley, or van, which is used, or is capable of being used, as a place from
or on which hawking can be carried on;

"to use" (使用), in relation to fixed pitch, includes to place or to
acquiesce in the placing of any commodity, equipment, or other object on the
pitch or on a stall on the pitch;

"to vacate" (騰空), in relation to a fixed pitch, includes the removal of
any commodity, equipment, or other object placed on the pitch or on a stall on
the pitch by or with the acquiescence of the licensee who is using the pitch;

"wall stall" (靠牆攤檔) means a stall which is affixed to or placed
against any external part of any building or similar structure and which faces
onto a street.

(78 of 1999 s. 7)

"boundaries" (界線)

"commodities" (商品)

"deputy" (替手)

"Director" (署長)

"drink" (飲品)

"equipment" (設備)

"fixed pitch" (固定攤位)

"fixed-pitch hawker licence" (固定攤位小販牌照)

"hawker" (小販)

"hawker badge" (小販證)

"hawker bazaar" (小販市場)

"hawker permitted area" (小販認可區)

"Housing Authority estate" (房屋委員會產業)

"itinerant hawker licence" (流動小販牌照)

"licence" (牌照) and "licensee" (持牌人)

"stall" (攤檔)

"to use" (使用)

"to vacate" (騰空)

"wall stall" (靠牆攤檔)