The Meghalaya Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014
Chapter II SCHEME FOR STREET VENDING
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Chapter II SCHEME FOR STREET VENDING
3. Power of the Government to frame notifications and schemes
Statutory text
- (1) For the purposes of this Act, the Government shall notify and frame scheme which may specify all or any of the following;
- (a) the form and manner of grant, renewal, suspension or cancellation of a registration certificate for, and issue of identity card to, the street vendors;
- (b) the manner of levy and collection of fees for the grant and renewal of a registration certificate and fines for contravention of the terms and conditions of registration and other provisions of this Act;
- (c) the form and manner of filing appeals to, and procedure for disposal of appeals by, the local authority in respect of registration of street vendors;
- (d) the manner of, and the terms and conditions of, allotment of stalls to the registered street vendors;
- (e) the form and manner of grant, renewal, suspension or cancellation of a license;
- (f) the manner of levy and collection of fees for the grant and renewal of a license and fines for contravention of the terms and conditions of the license;
- (g) the norms of spatial planning to be adopted by the planning authority for earmarking vending zones for street vendors in the master plan, development plan, zonal plan, layout plan or any other spatial plans;
- (h) the principles for determination of vending zones as restriction-freevending zones, restricted-vending zones and no-vending zones;
- (i) the conditions under which private places may be designated as restriction- free-vending zones, restricted-vending zones and no-vending zones;
- (j) the principles for determining holding capacity of vending zones and the manner of undertaking comprehensive digitalized photo census and survey of the existing number of street vendors with the assistance of experts for the purpose of accommodating street vendors within the holding capacity of the vending zones;
- (k) the terms and conditions for street vending including norms to be observed for up keeping public health and hygiene;
- (l) the designation of State Nodal Officer for co-ordination of all matters relating to street vending at the state level;
- (m) the manner of maintenance of proper records and other documents by the town vending committee, local authority, planning authority and State Nodal Officer in respect of street vendors;
- (n) the manner of giving notice to, and eviction of, street vendors; impounding, destruction or seizure of stalls, goods and equipments and relocation of and compensation payable to evicted street vendors;
- (o) any other particulars which may be considered by the Government as proper for including in the scheme;
- (2) A summary of the scheme/schemes notified by the Government under sub- section (1) shall be published by the local authority in at least two local news papers in such manner as may be prescribed.
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