Market Traders without Licences

I walked along Bethnal Green Road market today and noticed that out of the 40 stalls in the market only 12 had displayed valid Stall Holder Licences.

Tower Hamlets has very clear Street Trading rules. The following sections of the Standard Licencing Conditions are relevant to this cause:

5.4 A licence holder will visibly display the Trader’s identifying pitch card as supplied by the Council on his/her receptacle.

also


8.0 REFUSE
8.1 A licence holder shall ensure that waste arising from the business is securely placed in either his/her own suitable container or that supplied by the Council, and stored within the pitch or at some other location identified for that purpose; gangways and other passageways are not to be obstructed.
8.2 A licensed holder is to ensure that all waste water, and other waste liquids, are collected in a secure container and discharged in such a way as not to cause a nuisance or hazard.
8.3 A licence holder shall give every assistance to any contractor employed in the refuse and cleansing service.
8.4 Any arrangement that the Council makes for refuse collection and street cleansing does not free a licence holder of responsibilities under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (or any similar subsequent legislation).

These conditions are not being followed. In theory, this non-compliance means that offending traders could have their licence revoked.