Country Markets (Macoya Off-Highway Market) Bye-Laws (Cap. 68:02)

LAWS HI" TRiNiDAD AND TUBAl;U MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS Country Markets www.legalaffairs.gov.tt Chap. 68:02 25 [8 uhsidlary] COUNTRY MARKETS (MACOYA OFF·HIGHWAY MARKET) BYE·LAWS ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS BYE-LAW I. Citation. PRELIMINARY 2. Definitions. MARKET ADMINISTRATION 3. Market clerk to have charge of market. 4. Collection of market feel; and charges. 5. No pecuniary interest by members , etc. 6. Opening and closing hours. 7. Use of stalls. 8. Meat, fish and wholesale sections. 9. Register of stalls. 10. Letting of stalls. I I . Duration of licence. 12. Cancellation of licence . 13. Removal of goods on termination of licence . 14. Subletting not permitted. IS. Name of stall-holder to be exhibited. 16. Stalls to be occupied. 17. Remaining in market after closing. 18. Security of goods. GOOD HOUSE·KEEPING 19. Cleansing of equipment. 20. Stalls to be kept clean. 21. Disposal of garbage. LR .O. 112006 UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS LAWS OF TJUNlDAD AND TOBAGO www. legalaffairs.gov.tt 26 Chap. 68:02 Country Markets [Subsldlary] Country Mu rkccs (Mucoyu OjFHigh wuy N/w k el) Bye-la ws ARRANGEMENT OF BY E-LAWS- Colltillued BYE-LAW I'ROTECTION OF MARKET I'ROJ'ERTY 22. Fires and naked lights not permitted . 23. Damage to market property, etc. 24. Signs and advertisements. 25. No additions to stalls, etc. MAINTENENCE OF ORDER 26. Obstruction of officers. 27. Exclusion of alcoholic beverages. 28. Use of violence, obscene language, etc. 29. Singing, whistling , etc. 30. Hawking, carrying about, etc. 31. Loitering, etc. 32. Removal of obstructions. 33 . Inspection of stalls. 34. BIcycles. 35. Vehicles in the market yard. 36. Expulsion for disorderly conduct. 37. Suspension by Chief Executive Officer. ]'UBLIC lIEAL:fH AND SANITATION 38. Unwholesome food may be destroyed. 39. Record of seizures. 40 . Food handler 's badges . 41. Clean clothes to be worn. 42. Infectious or contagious disease. 43. Pre pared foods. 44. No exposure of foodstuffs on floor. 45. No dogs allowed. 16. Bottles to be lab ell ed. 47. Wrapping paper. UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 LAWS HI" TRiNiDAD AND TUBAl;U MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS Country Markets www.legalaffairs.gov.tt Chap. 68:02 27 Counu y Mutkets (Mucoyu 0JIHi>;h wuy Markes] Bye-laws BYE-LAW SALE OF FRESH .l.\'IEAT AND FISH 48. Fresh meat to be passed by Meat Inspector. 49. Removal of fresh meat to cold stores prohibited. 50. Designated fresh meat stalls. 51. Stall, etc., to be washed each day. 52. Other offences against sanitation . CONSUMER PROTECTION :'>1. Conditions of sale prohibited. 54. Sales according to proper weights . 55. Less weight, measure, number. 56. True description of meat. 57. Tampering with scale , etc. MISCELLANEOUS 58. Prohibition of unauthorised vending . 59. Daily record of fresh meat and fish. 60. Power to make Rules. 61. Bye-laws and Rules to be exhibited. 62. General penalty. FIRST SCHEDULE. SECOND SCHEDULE. UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 [8 uhsidlary] LR .O. 112006 MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS LAWS OF TJUNlDAD AND TOBAGO www. legalaffairs.gov.tt 28 [Subsldlary] Chap. 68:02 Country Markets 243/1990. Citation. Definitio ns. Second Schedule. Ch. 25:04. CIl. 15:02. CIl. 15:03. COUNTRY MARKETS (MACOYA OFF-HIGHWAY MARKET) BYE-LAWS made under section 4 1. These Bye-laws may be cited as the Country Markets (Macoya Off-Highway Market) Bye-laws. PRELIMINARY 2. In these Bye-laws "authorised produce" means articles authorised to be sold in the Market under the Second Schedule; "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Administrative Officer of a Council howsoever called; "cold stores" means any place or appliance used for keeping and preserving by refrigeration, any meat, fish, fruit, vegetables or other food intended for human consumption; "constable" includes any member of the Police Service, any member of a Municipal Police Force within the meaning of the Mnnioipal Corpnrntions Act, and "ny member of the supplemental bodies of Police established by the Supplemental Police Act and the Special Reserve Police Act; "Council" means the Council of St. George East or the Municipal Council for the Regional Municipality of T unap una established by the Municipal Corporations Act; "market" means the public market established by the Country Markets (Macoya Off-Highw ay Market) Order; "market clerk" means the person appointed to manage the market under the jurisdiction of the Council and includes any other person for the time being performin g the duties of market clerk; "stall" includes any booth, counter, bench, stand or other erection, and any space set apart for the rece ption of any articles for sale; "stall-holder" has the meaning assigned to it by bye-law 9(2). UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 LAWS HI" TRiNiDAD AND TUBAl;U MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS Country Markets www.legalaffairs.gov.tt Chap. 68:02 29 Coun u y Mutkets (M ucoyu 0JIHi>;h wuy Markes] By e-laws MARKET ADMINISTRATION 3. (I) The market clerk shall be in charge of the market and shall be under the control and direction of the Chief Executive Officer. The market clerk shall cause the market to be opened and closed at the approved times and shall be in attendance every day during the hours when the market is open. (2) The market clerk shall keep a correct account of all fees and revenues accruing to the market and shall, at such times as the Council may direct, pay over the monies received by him to the Chief Executive Officer or to such other person as the Council directs. 4. Every market fee or charge leviable and made payable under these Bye-laws shall be demanded and received by the market clerk and his receipt shall be a sufficient acquittance and discharge for the same. In default of the payment of any such fee, the market clerk may seize and sell at auction sufficient of any goods found in the stall for which such fee or charge is payable to satisfy such demand and all necessary costs of sale. 5. No member of the Council, or officer, or other person employed by the Council, shall be in any manner interested directly or indirectly in the sale of anything offered for sale in the market, or shall receive directly or indirectly any reward of any kind or description from the letting of stalls or places in the market or from the sale of anything therein. 6. (I) The market shall be opened and closed at the times set out in the First Schedule. (2) The Council may, by resolution, amend the First Schedule but no such resolution shall have effect until one month after notice thereof was first published in the Gazette and in at least one daily newspaper. [8 uhsidlary] Market clerk to have charge of market. Col1ection of market fees and charges. No pecuniary interest by members , etc. Openin g and closin g hours. Firs t Sched ule. 7. (1) Stalls in the Market shall be used for the sale of Useof stal1s. Second produce authorised to be sold under the Second Schedule and for Sched ule. no other purpose. LR .O. 112006 UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS LAWS OF TJUNlDAD AND TOBAGO www.legalaffairs.gov.tt 30 Chap. 68:02 Country Markets [Subsldlary] Meat, fish and wholesale sections. Register of stalls. Country Mu rkccs (Mucoyu OjFHigh wuy N/w k el) Bye-la ws (2) Paragraph (I) does not apply to any cafeteria licensed and operated in accordance with Rules made by the Council. 8. (I ) The Council may by reso lution designate separate sections of the Market for the exclusive sale of (aJ fresh meat; (b} fish; and (c..:) other authorised produce by wholesale. (2) Where the Council adopts any resolution providing for the sale by wholesale of authorised produce other than fresh meat and fish in the Market, it shall fix the hours during which such selling by wholesale may be permitted. 9. (I) The market clerk shall cause all stalls in the market to be numbered in plain and legible charac ters and to be registered in a book to be kept for that purpose. (2) Such book shall also contain the name, address and description of every person (in these Bye-laws, referred to as a "stall-holder") to whom a licence to occupy a stall is granted, the date when each licence commenced, the amount of the rent, the date of termination of each licence, and the cause of termination. (3) Subject to these Bye -law s and to any resolution adopted by the Council under bye-law 8, the market clerk shall from time to time direct what articles may be exposed for sale in the stalls in different parts of the market . Lettin g nf ""II,. 10. (I) When any stall becomes vacant the market clerk may let the same to any approved person at such rent as shall from time to time be fixed by the Council. (2) No vendor may occupy any stall in the market without first obtaining the consent of the market clerk. (3) No person may become a stall-holder of more than one stall at any time unless there are vacant stalls unrented in the market. UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 LAWS HI" TRiNiDAD AND TUBAl;U MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS Country Markets www.legalaffairs.gov.tt Chap. 68:02 31 Coun u y Mutkets (M ucoyu 0JIHi>;h wuy Markes] By e-laws (4) No person under the age of 17 years shall be a stall-holder. 11. Subje ct to the provisions of these Bye-laws the licence for occupancy of every stall shall be from month to month and rent in respect thereof shall, in all cases, be payable in advance. In default of payment, the stall-holder, if in possession, shall forthwith be ejected by the market clerk who may, in addition to any other remedy for the recovery of the rent, seize and sell any goods in such stall sufficient for the payment of such rent and necessary costs incidental to such sale. 12. The Council may cancel any licence issued under these Bye-laws where the licence-holder (a) has assaulted any officer of the Council ; (h) has been convicted of any offence involving violence or tending to produce disorder in a public market; (c) has been convicted of selling unwholesome food or of introducing unwholesome food for sale in the market; or (d) persi sts in acting in any manner contrary to the requirements of these Bye-laws. 13. If the occupier of any stall, on giving up possession or on being ejected, does not forthwith remove all goods belonging to him therefrom, such goods shall be removed by the market clerk and sold at the expiration of seven days from the date of such removal unless the goods are claimed within that period and all expenses incurred by the market clerk are reimbursed, but any perishable article so removed may be sold at once. 14. (l) The licence for a stall is not transferable and no stall-holder shall sublet his stall or assign or part with his right to occupy such stall to any other person. (2) Where any stall-holder acts in contravention of this bye-law, his licence shall be terminated and, upon being required UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 [8 uhsidlary] Dur ation of licence. Cancellation of licence. Rem oval of goods on te rmination of licence. Sub letting not permirred. LR .O. 112006 MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS LAWS OF TJUNlDAD AND TOBAGO www. legalaffairs.gov.tt 32 Chap. 68:02 Country Markets [S ub sldl ary] Name of stall holder to be exhib ite d. Stalls to be occupied. Remaining in market after closing. Security of goods. Coun try Murkccs (Mucoyu OjFHighwuy N/wkel) By e-laws by the market clerk to do so, shall vacate the stall , remove all good s therefrom. (3) Where any such person fails to vacate the stall in accordance with paragraph (2) , the market clerk may eject such person and cause such goods to be removed from the market. 15. (I) The stall-holder of every stall shall, on the day he takes possession of such stall , place and , thereafter, keep exposed to public view, in such part of the front of his stall as the market clerk shall point out, his name in such plain and legible characters in such manner and form as the market clerk shall direct. (2) No stall-holde r shall be allowed to occupy and use any stall until he comp lies with paragraph (I) . Hi. (I) Subject to the pro visions of th is bye-law, every stall-holder shall keep open, or occupy, or use his stall at all times. (2) Any stall-holder who fails to keep open , or occupy or use his stall for more than six successive days without the consent of the market clerk shall be deemed to have terminated his licence and , where any rent IS owing, the market clerk may seize and sell any goods in the stall sufficient for the payment thereof and necessary costs . 17. Unless authorised by the Council, no person shall remain in the market after the closing hour. Any unauthorised person found in the market during closed hours may be arrested without warrant by any constable and shall, in addi tion to any penalty to which he may be subject in respect of any other offence, be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars. 18. (I) All goods or articles left in the market after closing shall be atthe sole risk of the persons leaving same: and the Council, its officers and employees shall not be responsible for any loss or damage occurring thereto howsoever caused. (2) Stall-holders may, through an association approved by the Council and with the prior consent of the Council, effect UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 LAWS HI" TRiNiDAD AND TUBAl;U MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS Country Markets www.legalaffairs.gov.tt Chap. 68:02 33 Coun u y Mutkets (M ucoyu 0JIHi>;h wuy Markes] By e-laws [8 uhsidlary] such reasonable arrangements for the security and protection of goods left in the market after closing as may be agreed with the market clerk. GOOD HOUSE·KEEPING 19. (1) Every stall-holder, as soon as he is finished selling for the day, shall thoroughly clean the table, scales, weights, appliances and other articles which he has used, to the satisfaction of the market clerk. (2) The market clerk shall see that the market stalls are properly cleaned every day before closing the market and shall cause the whole market to be cleaned and washed. Cleansing of equipment. 20. (1) Every stall-holder shall at all times keep such stall and the adjacent wall s and pas sages free from refuse, garbage, offal, and dirt of every kind. (2) Where a stall-holder refuses or neglects to do so, the market clerk shall cause such stall and its environs to be cleaned and, unless the stall-holder pays the expenses incurred in doing so forthwith on demand, such expenses may be recovered by the market clerk from the stall-holder by seizure and sale at auction by the market clerk of any goods in such stall sufficient for payment thereof and the stall-holder shall, in addition, be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars for every such refusal or neglect. Stalls to be kept clean . 21. Every stall-holder shall cause all garbage or refuse to be Di sposal of garbage. deposited in the receptacles provided for that purpose. PROTECTION OF MARKET PROPERTY 22. (I) No fires or cooking shall be permitted in the market. Fires and naked lights not permitted.(2) Every person who uses any light otherthan an electric light in the market shall have such light enclosed in a glass shade or glass lantern. LR .O. 112006 UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS LAWS OF TJUNlDAD AND TOBAGO www. legalaffairs.gov.tt 34 Chap. 68:02 Country Markets [S ub sldl ary] Damage to market pr operty, etc. Signs and advertisements. No additions to stalls. etc. Obstruction of officers. Country Murkccs (Mucoyu OjFHighwuy N/wkel) Bye-laws 23. Any person who, in the market (a) breaks or damages any stall, appliance, furniture , structure or fence ; (b) sharpens any hatchet, knife or other tool on the stalls, walls, or an y brick or concrete str ucture or floor ; (e) sits on any table, stall or chopping block; (d) defaces any sign or surface ; (e) propels or operates any hand-truck, wheel-barrow or other vehicle recklessly or negligently; or (f) plays any ball game , is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars. 24. Except for a single authorised sign bearing the name of the current stall-holder as required by bye-law 15, no signs, notices or advertisements shall be painted, affixed or placed on any part of the extei iui of any stall. 25. (I) No stall-holder may add to or alter the external dimensions of any stall. (2) Without the written consent of the Counc il first had and obtained, no awning or shade of any description may be affixed or erected outs ide any stall. (3) Without the written consent of the Council first had and obta ined, no person may pain t the exterior of any stall . (4) No articles shall be hung or placed outside any stall and all displays of articles for sale and all selling activities shall be confined within stalls . MAINTENANCE OF ORDER 2(,. Every p~r"m who assn ult« or ohstruct s any p~rson authorised to (a ) collect rents or fees ; (h) inspect or seize any marketable commodity; (e) remove any obstructions; UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 LAWS HI" TRiNiDAD AND TUBAl;U MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS Country Markets www.legalaffairs.gov.tt Chap. 68:02 35 Counu y Mutkets (Mucoyu 0JIHi>;h wuy Markes] Bye-laws (d) extinguish any fire; (e) inspect any stall; (f) remove any disorderly person; or (g) perform any other duty under these Bye-laws, in the execution of such duty, is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars. [8 uhsidlary] 27. (1) No person may bring any alcoholic beverage into Exclusion of alcoholic the market. beverages. (2) No person may consume or have in his possession any alcoholic beverage while in the market. 28. Any person who is violent or uses obscene language or misbehaves or otherwise misconducts himself while in the market is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars. 29. No person shall sing or whistle to the annoyance of any other person or play any musical instrument, or any radio or other music-making device in the market. 30. No person shall hawk, carry about or cry any articles for sale in the market, or cry out the price of any articles for sale at any stall. Prices shall be marked on labels or price lists and positioned in front of articles for sale. No person shall use any bell or other noise-making instrument in the market and, except for a sale by order of the market clerk for realising rents, fines, or other sums recoverable under these Bye-laws, no goods shall be sold by auction in any part of the market. 31. No person shall loiter in the market, or stand in its passages or its immediate approaches or obstruct the free passage of other persons there-through. Use of violence. obscene . language , etc. Singing, whistling, etc. Hawkin g, c:lr r y i ne nhour , etc. Loiterin g, etc. 32. The market clerk or anyone acting under his direction may Rernnval nf obstructions . remove all obstructions to and all persons obstructing any path or LR .O. 112006 UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS LAWS OF TJUNlDAD AND TOBAGO www.legalaffairs.gov.tt 36 Chap. 68:02 Country Markets [S ub sldl ary] rnspecnon of stalls. Bicycles. Vehicles in the market yard. Expulsion for disorderly conduct. Coun try Murkccs (Mucoyu OjFHighwuy N/wkel) By e-laws passage in the market and, where such obstruction is caused by goods or any other articles what soever, may seize and impound the same until a penalty of fifty dollars and the expenses of removal and impoundment are paid to the market clerk. If not claimed within 24 hours, the goods or articles so seized may be sold by the market clerk and the proceeds paid over to the Chief Executive Officer for the use of the Council. Every person who wilfully obstructs any path or passage in or to the market is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars. 33. The uuuket clerk. UI aHy velsul1 author ised by Iiiru , aHy Meat Inspector, a Publ ic Health Inspector or any authorised Constable may at all times enter and inspect any stall, stand or locker in the market for the purpose of verifying whether these Bye-laws are being observed and for securing their enforcement. 34. No person IIlay bring any bicycle into any building in the market or park any bicycle except in a place designated and set apart for that purpose. 35. (l) Except with the permission of the market clerk first had and obtained , no person shall cause or permit any vehicle or animal of draught or burden to enter any pan of the market other than the area reserved for the parking of vehicles. (2) No person shall cause or permit any vehicle allowed to enter market premises for the purpose of loading or unloading to remain on the market premises longer than the time necessary for l():1 rling or unl oadi ng 36. (I) Any stall-holder or hi s ass istant convicted of committing an offence involving disorderly conduct in the market may be expelled from the market by resolution of the Council and thereafter while such resolution continues in force may be treated as a trespass er if he enters the market on any occasion for any purpose without the permission of the market clerk. UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 LAWS HI" TRiNiDAD AND TUBAl;U MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS Country Markets www.legalaffairs.gov.tt Chap. 68:02 37 Coun u y Mutkets (M ucoyu 0JIHi>;h wuy Markes] By e-laws (2) In this bye-law, "offence involving disorderly conduct" includes (a) assault; (b) use of abusive or obscene language; (c) disorderly behaviour; (d) disturbing the peace by fighting; (e) introducing any alcoholic beverage to the market; (1) consuming or having alcoholic beverage in one's possession; (g) obstructing any officer in the discharge of his duties under these Bye-laws; (h) gambling or assembling to gamble; and (i) uttering threats to any person. [8 uhsidlary] 37. All persons selling in the market shall obey the lawful Suspension hy C.h i",f orders of the market clerk or the Chief Executive Officer; and Execu tive any person who in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer Officer. conducts himself in a disorderly manner or persistently acts in contravention of these Bye-laws may on the Order of the Chief Executive Officer be forbidden to sell in the market until such time as the Council has considered and determined any request by the Chief Executive Officer or the market clerk that such person be ejected therefrom. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION 38. All meat or fish, vegetables, fruit or other articles (whether Unwholesome 10d 1° id ° d d f ° d f 1 food may beSO 1 or iqur ) mten e or human consumption expose or sa e destroyed. in the market or found in the market which, in the opinion of the market clerk, the Medical Officer of Health, the Meat Inspector, or n Public Health Inspector, are of had or nnwholesome quality may be seized by any of them and destroyed and the person offering or exposing the same for sale, or the occupier or person in charge of the stall in which the same was found is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars. LR .O. 112006 UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS LAWS OF TJUNlDAD AND TOBAGO www. legalaffairs.gov.tt 38 Chap. 68:02 Country Markets [S ub sldl ary] Record of seizures. Food handler's badges. Ch. 12. No. 4. (1950. Ed.). Clean clothes to be worn. Infe ctious or contagious disease. Coun try Murkccs (Mucoyu OjFHighwuy N/wkel) By e-laws 39. The market clerk, the Meat Inspector, or Public Health Inspector, as the case may be, shall enter in a book kept for that purpose particulars of any article so seized. 40. 0) No person may sell in the market unless (aJ he is in possession of a valid and subs isting food handler's badge issued under the Public Health Ordinance; (b ) he wears and keeps such badge displayed on his person while selling. (2) Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of this bye-law is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars. 41. Every person selling in the market shall be dressed in clean clothes and, in addition , every such person selling fresh meat or fish shall be properly shod and shall wear a clean apron or other protective garment which shall be replaced not less often than every morning by another clean garment. 42. 0) Where the market clerk suspects that a person selling in the market is suffering from any infectious or contagious disease, he shall make a report to the Chief Executive Officer, and the Chief Exec utive Officer may require such person to obtain a certificate from the Medical Officer of Health of the District stating whether the person is free from infectious or contagious disease. (2) The market clerk shall refuse admittance to the market, or remove or cause to be removed from the market any such person failing to produce such certificate. (3) The market clerk shall refuse admittance to the market or remove or cause to be removed from the market any person suffering from any infectious or contagious disease or from any skin or other disease which in the opinion of the clerk renders the person unfit to sell in the market. UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 LAWS HI" TRiNiDAD AND TUBAl;U MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS Country Markets www.legalaffairs.gov.tt Chap. 68:02 39 Coun u y Mutkets (M ucoyu 0JIHi>;h wuy Markes] By e-laws [Subsldiary] 43. (1) No person may prepare, sell, offer, or expose for sale Prepared foods. in the market any prepared food intended for human consumption except in a booth or area specially designated and set apart for that purpo se by order of the Council and in accordance with Rules made by the Council. (2) All appliances, freezers, churns, milk-cans, implements, bottles and other vessels, eating or drinking utensils and accessories employed in the preparation or sale of prepared food shall immediately after use and at all other appropriate times be thoroughly washed in clean running water and shall at all times be kept by the owner and every person having charge thereof in a clean and wholesome state to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health. (3) In this bye-law, "prepared food" includes: bread, cakes and pastries of all kinds, prepared dishes whether cooked or uncooked, drinks, refreshments, confectionary and condiments. 44. No person shall sell, offer, or expose for sale any authorised No exposure of foods tuffs produce on the ground in the market or on the floor of any stall. on floor. Authorised produce may be sold, offered or exposed for sale at floor or ground level only if they are placed on or contained in suitable bags, trays, boxes, pans or other containers approved by the Medical Officer of Health , Public Health Officer, or Veterinary Surgeon for the district under the Council's jurisdiction. 45. No person shall bring or permit any dog to follow him N o do gs allowed . into or to be with him in the market. 46. Every bottle containing any article for sale shall be labelled Bottles to be o h h d h 0 f 0 d Of 1 b 11 d labelled .WIt t e name an t e quanuty 0 Its contents an 1 not so a e e may be seized and destroyed. 47. Paper used by any vendor in the market for the purpose of Wrappin g paper. wrapping any articles sold shall be (a) clean. and (h) not previously used for any purpose. LR .O. 112006 UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS LAWS OF TJUNlDAD AND TOBAGO www. legalaffairs.gov.tt 40 Chap. 68:02 Country Markets [S ub sldl ary] Fresh meat to be passed by Meat Inspector. Removal of fresh meat to cold STOres prohibited. Designated fre sh meat stalls. Stall, c t c., to be washed each day. Other offences against annirution. Country Murkccs (Mucoyu OjFHighwuy N/wkel) Bye-laws SALE OF FRESH MEAT AND FISH 48. (I) No person shall bring any fresh meat into the market unless such meat has been passed by the Meat Inspector as fit for human consumption and marked by him in the manner approved by the Medical Officer of Health . (2) Any meat brought into the market in contravention of this bye-law may be seized by the Medical Officer of Health, the Meat Inspector, or the market clerk and destroyed. 49. (I) No person shall store or allow fresh meat or fish to remain in the market after closing hours. (2) No person shall remove any fresh meat from the market to any cold stores and no person shall sell or offer or expose for sale in the market any fresh meat which was exposed for sale on a previous day. (3) Any meat found in the market in contravention of this bye-law may be seized by the Medical Officer of Health, the Meat Inspector, or the market clerk and destroyed. 50. (I) No pelson shall sell or expose [or sale in the market any fresh meat except at a stall set aside for that purpose. (2) Any person who sells or exposes for sale any fresh meat in contravention of this bye -law is liable on summary conviction to a fine of fifty dollars. 51. (l) E very person who sells meat in the market shall, at the close of business each day, wash the stall, scrape and wash the table or shambles and chopping block, and thorou ghly clean se the scale and weights which have been used by him. (2) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this bye-law is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars. 52. Any person who, in the market (a) spits on the ground or on the wall or floor of any stall or building; UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 LAWS HI" TRiNiDAD AND TUBAl;U MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS Country Markets www.legalaffairs.gov.tt Chap. 68:02 41 Coun u y Mutkets (M ucoyu 0JIHi>;h wuy Markes] By e-laws (h) urinates, defecates, or deposits filth, urine, or any other offensive matter in any place other than in the facilities provided for such purposes ; or (c) deposits any refuse on the ground, is liable on summary conviction to a tine of one hundred dollars. CONSUMER PROTECTION 53. (1) No vendor shall refuse to sell any meat, fish, or other authorised produce exposed or offered for sale in the market in such quantities as a purchaser may require or impose any condition on the sale of any such articles. (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this bye-law is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars. [8 uhsidlary] Conditions of sale prohibited. 54. Every article retailed by weight shall be properly weighed Sales according and, in all cases of dispute in respect of weight, the seller shall, if ~~J~hf~r required to do so by the purchaser or intended purchaser, cause the article about which the dispute arises to be weighed in the presence of the market clerk or his assistant or a constable. 55. No person shall sell or deliver any articles in the market Less weight, measure. of less weight, measure, or number than has been bargained [or. number. 56. No carcass or part of the carcass of any animal shall be sold in the market as the carcass or part of any other animal or as being a description of meat other than the true and proper description thereof. 57. (1) No person shall by any contrivance or device, or in any manner whatever tamper with any scale, balance, beam or weight in the market, whether the scale , balance, beam or weight is the property of, or in the pos session of, or under the control of, such person or not. (2) The market clerk or any constab le authorised by the Council may inspect and examine the beams, scales, weights and UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 True description of meat. Tamperin g with scale, etc. LR .O. 112006 MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS LAWS OF TJUNlDAD AND TOBAGO www.legalaffairs.gov.tt 42 Chap. 68:02 Country Markets [S ub sldl ary] Prombtnon of unauthori sed vending. Coun try Murkccs (Mucoyu OjFHighwuy N/wkel) By e-laws meas ures at any stall in the market and shall cause the same to be made correct, true and legal. (3) Any person having in his possession in the market any false, illegal or incorrect beams, scales, weights or measures or deceptive device contrary to the standard weights or measures is liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars and the false , illegal, or incorrect beam, weight or measure or other deceptive device may be forfei ted by order of the convicting Magistrate. (~ ) Any person convicted of a contravention against this bye-law is, upon being convicted of contravening this bye-law a second or any subsequent time , liable to be expelled as a seller from the market upon resolu tion of the Council. MISCELLANEOUS 58. (I) NlJ ]J~ISlJlJ shall sell or lJ[[~I [lJI sale 'Illy uutluu ised produce at any place within a radiu s of one and a half kilometres of the market except in a shop, store, warehouse or other premises established and operated for the sale of such products by the authority of or under a licence issued by the Council. (2) Paragraph (I) does not apply to (a) the sale of ground provisions, vegetables , or fruit at whole sale within the area prescribed to a registered co-operative society by any of its members, or by a registered co-operative society in any building occupied for the purpose of the society 's business with the prior approval of the Council; (h ) the sale of groun d provisions, vegetables or fruit on any land within the area prescribed when they have been produced on such land. (3) A copy in legible letters of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be kept posted in a conspicuou s place on the ground s or buildings of the market. UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 LAWS HI" TRiNiDAD AND TUBAl;U MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS Country Markets www.legalaffairs.gov.tt Chap. 68:02 43 Coun u y Mutkets (M ucoyu 0JIHi>;h wuy Markes] By e-laws 59. The market clerk shall record each day in a book kept for that purpose a statement of the amount of fre sh meat and fi sh brought to the market for sale, the name s of the persons by whom the same was brought and the quantity of fresh meat or fish brought by each such person; the book shall be exhibited daily to and its correctness certified by the Chief Executive Officer or his Chief Clerk. 60. The Council may make Rules not inconsistent with these Bye-laws for the maintenance, protection, and efficient operation of the market and for en suring the proper ordering and di scharge of any matter herein provided for. 61. One copy of these Rye-laws and of any Rules made hy the Council hereunder shall be delivered free of charge to every stall holder and printed copies thereof shall be exhibited in some conspicuou s place in the market. 62. Every person who in any manner contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of these Bye-laws for breach of which no other penalty is provided shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars. UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 [8 uhsidlary] Dail y record of fresh meat and fish , Power to make Rules. Bye-laws and Rules to be exh ibited. General penalt y. LR .O. 112006 MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS 44 Chap. 68:02 LAWS OF TJUNlDAD AND TOBAGO www. legalaffairs.gov.tt Country Markets [Subsldlary] (Bye-law 6). (Bye-Law 7). Country Mu rkccs (Mucoyu OjFHigh wuy N/w k el) Bye-la ws FIRST SCHEDULE HOURS OF OPENING 1. The days and the hours between which the market shall be opened and kept open shall be as follows: Weekdays other than Public Holidays-6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sundays and Pub lic Holidays-6:00 a.m, to 12:00 noon. Provided that (a) during the two weeks immediately preceding Christmas, the hours shall be 6:00 a.m, to 10:00 p.m. daily; and (b) during the week immediately proceeding un)' other national festiva l when so appo inted by reso lution of the Cou ncil, the hours shall be 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily. SECOND SCHEDULE AUTHORISED PRODUCE 1. The following and no other articles are authorised to be sold in the market: Fresh meat of cattle , sheep, goats and pigs slaughtered in Trinidad and Tobago; F rt::-.lt fi:-.lt; Eggs; Grou nd prov isions, veget ables , pulses and fru its. 2. Without limiting the generali ty of para graph 1 of this Schedule, none of the following is authorised to be sold in the market: Frozen meat (whether thawed or unthawed); Corned, pickled, or salted meat or fish; Flour; Rice; Butter, margarine, lard; Cheese; Smoked herring; Canned or other processed foods; SOHp or det ergent. UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009