An amendment to the Local Government Act 1999 in relation to Mobile Food Vendor trading on roads (including verges, nature strips, footpaths and road reserves) came into effect on 1 March 2018. As a result of the amendment, Council adopted Location Rules which set out the location rules and pre-approved sites for Mobile Food Vendors (GC190827R05).
The legislation only applies to Mobile Food Vans trading on roads. Permits for Mobile Food Van trading on Council’s Community Land (eg reserves and libraries) are issued under separate provisions of the Act. Ice cream mobile food vending businesses are exempted from the amendments to the Act.
The Act limits the fees that Councils can charge to $2,000 per annum or $200 per month.