Information for market traders for the 2011 Fair
Read more about when the temporary stopping places and transit sites open.
The main licensed sites for Appleby Fair will not open until 4am on Thursday 2 June 2011.
In South Lakeland a new temporary stopping place is being provided at Scrog Bank for 2010. Other local landowners are gauging the success of this new Temporary stopping place. If it is well used and respected it is anticipated that other fields may be made available for future Fairs.
Food sales
A pre-booking system for all food traders selling from the market fields will again be implemented for the 2011 Fair. Find out more about the booking system here. Please note that applications for the 2011 cannot be accepted after 31/3/2011.
All food vehicles and stalls operating during the Fair are inspected by Eden District Council’s Environmental Health Officers. Operators are required to comply with the Food Hygiene (England) Regulations 2006 and should be registered under these Regulations with their local council. All traders meeting the required standard are issued with a sticker which indicates who has inspected the vehicle or stall and when. Instances of non compliance will be dealt with either by removal of the trader off the site or by informal or formal action, depending on the seriousness of the situation, under the above Regulations or Food Safety Act 1990.
Non Food Traders
The pre-booking system has been extended to all market traders who wish to trade at the main market fields for the 2011 Fair. The scheme is very much in its infancy and you are advised to contact the landowner: http://www.applebyfair.org/food2.html
It is illegal to sell animals
The Pet Animals Act 1951, as amended in 1983, prohibits the sale of pets in a public place such as a market. The activity of selling animals as pets from a market or public place is therefore illegal. It is not unusual to find persons selling for example caged birds and puppies at the Fair, although this tradition has reduced significantly over the last few years due to a number of successful prosecutions for such sales being taken by the RSPCA. The RSPCA in conjunction with Eden District Council and the Police will continue to take formal action where such sales are witnessed. The Act does not relate to horses.
BB Guns
The sale of BB Guns at the Fair is prohibited and anyone found selling them will be ejected from the market fields and may be refused a trading permit at future Fairs.
Trading standards
Trading standards officers will again have a heightened presence at the 2011 Fair and will be targeting traders breaking the law in areas such as counterfeit goods after seizing goods in 2010.
Horse Passports - Animal Health and Welfare Inspectors from Trading Standards will be raising awareness of the Horse Passport Regulations during this year's Fair. With very few exceptions horses at or on their way to Appleby must be accompanied by their passport, and new rules introduced from 1 July 2009 mean that all foals born after that date, and any horses that have not previously been issued with a passport, must also be micro-chipped.
If you sell a horse you must give the passport to the new owner at the time of sale. Any horse found straying at the Fair, or taken into possession by the police, will be difficult to return to its owner if they do not have a passport as this is definitive proof of ownership. A leaflet with advice about horse passports may be downloaded here.
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