7 Control of road-side sales
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (1976 c 57) | Legislation

7  Control of road-side sales

(1)     If a highway authority considers that, for the purpose of avoiding danger on or facilitating the passage of traffic over a highway for which it is the highway authority, it is appropriate to make an order under this subsection in respect of the highway, the authority may make an order (hereafter in this section referred to as a “control order”) specifying the highway and providing that, subject to subsection (5) of this section—

(a)     no person shall sell anything on the highway or offer or expose anything for sale on the highway; and

(b)     no person shall, for the purpose of selling anything or offering or exposing anything for sale on the highway or of attracting from users of the highway offers to buy anything, put, keep or use on the highway, or on land within fifteen metres from any part of the highway, any stall or similar structure or any container or vehicle.

(2)     The highway authority for a highway in respect of which a control order is in force may vary

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