Markets Regulations 1947
Made 1947-06-20 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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About this law
- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Country
- Fiji
- Subjects
- Food and nutrition, Forestry
- Keywords
- agricultural commodities, beverages, fish products, fruits/edible nuts, internal trade, meat, vegetables/legumes, milk/dairy products, poultry products, non-wood forest products
- Categories
- agriculture
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1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Market master
4. Prohibited sales
5. Sale of produce only
6. Fresh fish
7. Fish to be gutted and cleaned
8. Hours of business
9. Directions of market master
10. Sale only from stall
11. Allocation of stalls
12. Alterations to stalls
13. Use of stall
14. Charges for the use of stalls
15. Cleanliness of stalls
16. Hygiene
17. Advertising and auctions
18. Unwholesome produce
19. Dogs prohibited
20. Infection
21. Restriction on entry, etc.
22. Unsold produce
23. Disorderly, etc., behaviour _____________ Regulations 20 June 1947, 3 December 1947, 8 October 1957, 18 August 1961, 14 March 1963 Short title
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Market Regulations. Interpretation
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires – "authority" means a person having the management or the control of the market in pursuance of the provisions of section 3 of the Act; "market" means a place established as a market outside the limits of a town in pursuance of the provisions of section 2 of the Act; "produce" means fresh meat, fresh vegetables (including rice, split peas, dried pulses, and goods of that nature), fresh fruit, fresh, dried, smoked and salted fish, shell fish, pigeons, poultry and other edible birds, eggs, locally grown tobacco, locally made wares, such as baskets, mats and other native handicrafts, and any other agricultural or forest product being an article of food or drink sold in a natural unprocessed state; (Substituted by Regulations 8 October 1957.) Market master
3. Every market shall be under the immediate management and control of a market master who shall be appointed by and be responsible to the authority. Prohibited sales
4. No person, other than the holder of a wholesale or retail store licence, shall sell produce other than fresh fish in any place within two miles of a market except at the market. (Substituted by Regulations 3 December 1947.) Sale of produce only
5. No person shall sell or offer for sale in the market anything other than produce. (Inserted by Regulations 14 March 1963.) Fresh fish
6. No person shall sell fresh fish at any place within one mile of a market except at the market: Provided that this regulation shall not apply to a person holding a butcher's licence issued under the provisions of the Business Licensing Act. (Cap. 204.) Fish to be gutted and cleaned
7. No person shall sell or offer for sale in the market any fish unless such fish shall first have been gutted and cleaned. (Inserted by Regulations 14 March 1963.) Hours of business
8. Every market shall be open for business during such times as the authority may direct. Directions of market master
9. All persons using or being within the precincts of the market shall obey all reasonable directions given by the market master for the purpose of observing the good order and cleanliness of the market. Sale only from stall
10. No person shall sell any article in the market except at a stall allotted to him by the market master and during the hours that the market is open for business. Allocation of stalls
11.—(1) The allocation of stall in a market shall be in the discretion of the market master, whose decision shall be final. (2) In allocating stalls the Market master shall give priority to persons selling nothing but produce. (3) The allocation of stalls shall be made in as fair and reasonable a manner as possible. (Substituted by Regulations 8 October 1957.) Alterations to stalls
12. No person shall make any alteration to a stall or exhibit any notice thereon or introduce any fittings, fixtures, furniture or impediments of any kind without the authority of the market master, and any such thing introduced without his authority may be removed by him. Use of stall
13. No person shall occupy or use a stall so long as any charges which are due and payable for the use thereof are outstanding. Charges for the use of stalls
14.—(1) The charges for the use of stalls in a market may be fixed by resolution of the local authority appointed from time to time for the rural sanitary district in which such market is situated. (2) A resolution made by a local authority as aforesaid shall come into force when published in the Gazette and a copy of such resolution shall be prominently displayed in the market. (3) Until a local authority fixes charges for the use of stalls under the provisions of this regulation, the daily charges for the use of a stall in all markets shall be as follows:— (a) where nothing but produce is sold ................................... 10c (b) in other cases .................................................................. 20c: Provided that the charges for the use of a stall for a period of four and a half hours or less shall be 5c and 10c respectively. (Substituted by Regulations 18 August 1961.) Cleanliness of stalls
15. Stallholders shall keep their stalls in a clean and orderly condition and shall as and when required dispose of any litter and refuse as directed by the market master. Hygiene
16. Stallholders shall keep their produce and expose it for sale in as hygienic a manner as is practicable and shall obey all reasonable directions of the market master in this regard. Advertising and auctions
17. No person shall in a market advertise goods by shouting or conduct a sale by auction except with the permission of the market master. Unwholesome produce
18. No person shall bring into a market anything which in the opinion of the market master is bad, obnoxious, unwholesome or dangerous, and the market master may remove or cause to be removed any such things brought within the precincts of the market. Dogs prohibited
19. No person shall bring a dog into the market or suffer it to remain there. Infection
20. No person who is suffering from an infectious or contagious disease shall make use of the market. Restriction on entry, etc.
21. No person shall enter or remain in a market outside business hours without the authority of the market master. Unsold produce
22.—(1) Goods unsold at the close of the day may be left in the market at the owner's risk with the permission of the market master and any goods so left without such permission may be removed by the market master and disposed of in such manner as he may consider reasonable. (2) With his consent goods may be left in the care of the market master upon payment in advance of a charge of 2 cents per sack or any less quantity for a period of fifty-eight hours. Disorderly, etc., behaviour
23. No person shall within the precincts of a market behave in a disorderly, offensive, obscene or insulting manner, or shall obstruct or interfere with any person lawfully exercising his rights or performing his duties within the market. _______________ SECTION 4—MARKET REGULATIONS RESOLUTIONS UNDER REGULATION 14 TAVUA MARKET—STALL FEES c.
1. For a 4 ft. x 3 ft. size stall situated within the building at the market, a fee 15 of .........................................................................
2. For a 4 ft. x 3 ft. size stall situated outside the building at the market, a fee 10 of .........................................................................
3. For a designated space on the ground outside the building at the market, a 05 fee of .........................................................................
4. For fish (per lb.) ........................................................................ 01 Controlled by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs