The Judiciary has responded after vendors who operate booths around the Queen’s Park Savannah for Carnival, yesterday pleaded for assistance in getting permission to sell alcoholic beverages for Sunday’s National Panorama semi-finals.
The Judiciary, in a release, said it has noted the complaints of some savannah carnival vendors, carried in a TV6 video report on the 7.00 p.m. news report of January 26, 2024, that they have not been issued with liquor licences to vend alcohol beverages around the Queen’s Park Savannah.
They advised that Legal Notice No. 20 of 2024 which replaces Legal Notice No. 19 of 2024 was published at 5:30pm on January 26, 2024 by the Government Printery. Legal Notice No. 19 of 2024, previously stipulated that the special event, for which special licences would be issued, would run from February 08, 2024, to February 14, 2024. In light of this proclamation, special events’ licences could only have been issued from February 8, 2024. The public is asked to note that Licensing Committees cannot issue special event licenses outside of the stipulated special event period which is determined by legal proclamation.
The Legal Notice No. 20 of 2024, issued on January 26, 2024 now stipulates that the special event period runs from January 26, 2024, to February 14, 2024. In light of this replacement Legal Notice, and in an effort to reduce the economic impact on applicants, the Licensing Committee for the City of Port of Spain is accepting applications, including those from vendors who would have previously applied for special event licenses covering the old period of February 08, 2024, to February 14, 2024.
These applications will be facilitated at the Ground Floor, Hall of Justice, Knox Street, Port of Spain from 10:00 a.m. on SATURDAY January 27, 2024.