All stallholders must comply with any local, Queensland and Federal Government directives and advice. These are subject to change without notice.
Stallholders granted permission to utilise a stallholder site shall not assign the right of use to any other person, organisation or body.
Stallholders are responsible for the security of their designated site. Cairns Regional Council accepts no liability for damage, misplacement, theft, or loss of any item (equipment, stock, promotional materials etc) contained within the stall.Security of all items is the stallholder’s responsibility.
Stallholders under the age of 18 years must be accompanied by an adult.
Stallholders must comply with Cairns Regional Council standards as follows:
- All stall related furniture, equipment and signage must be contained within the boundary of the allocated site
- All electrical equipment leads and appliances must display a current electrical certified test and tag sticker.
- Stallholders must follow the Cairns Regional Council’s Cairns Markets Sustainability Standards and strongly discourage the use of single-use plastics.
- Stallholders are not permitted to tout and must comply with Cairns Regional Councils noise restrictions.
- Stallholder sites must be returned in the same condition that they were hired.
- Stallholders must remove all rubbish from their site after each market. Failure to remove rubbish may incur a cleaning fee.
- Driving and parking is strictly prohibited on all grassed, and other designated non-parking areas as signed, unless written permission has been obtained from Cairns Regional Council.
- Stallholders will be advised of loading zones and other areas that can be used for setting up and packing down market stalls.
- Non-motorised methods of transport such as manually pushed trailers or trolleys are permitted on to the market area for set-up and pack-down times only.
Stallholders may arrive no earlier than advised by Cairns Regional Council.
Stallholders must be ready to trade by the agreed market start time. Stallholders arriving after the commencement of the market may be refused entry.
Stallholders are required to operate for the duration of the market day. Stallholders must not commence pack up until Council advises to do so. In extenuating circumstances stallholders may receive permission from Cairns Regional Council to pack up early.
Stallholders must have sites vacated within two hours of the allocated finish time or upon direction by Council.
Cairns Regional Council promotes respect, safety and tolerance for all. Stallholders are expected to be courteous to the public, market organisers and other stallholders at all times. Expulsion from the markets will result if the stallholder has behaved or is behaving in a manner likely to cause distress, disturbance, inconvenience, damage or harm to any other person present at the market.
Stallholders may not be accompanied by their animal/s without written consent from Council.
Cairns Regional Council reserves the right to photograph and/or video market stalls and stallholders unless specifically asked not to do so.
Whilst every endeavour is made to accommodate stallholder requests, Cairns Regional Council reserves the right to rotate market stall sites and locations.
If the stallholder is in breach of the terms of this approval, Cairns Regional Council has the right to withdraw approval at any time, without prior notice.
Casual stallholders are required to advise Council of a cancellation no later than 14 days prior to the market.
Cairns Regional Council reserves the right to cancel market days. In this circumstance, Cairns Regional Council will advise all stallholders as soon as practicable.