{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003155",
 "municipality": "Port Hawkesbury",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofporthawkesbury.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Vending Bylaw",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-10-04",
   "document_url": "https://townofporthawkesbury.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Vending-Machine-by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Town of Port Hawkesbury bylaw licensing and regulating mobile vendors, flea markets, buskers, auctioneers, and yard sales on public and private property.",
   "capture_sha256": "fadd12418c6549620f27d7115dd7d16aa8bda0e1f1c14be6bd68c06e0ad7c9d9",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/fadd12418c6549620f27d7115dd7d16aa8bda0e1f1c14be6bd68c06e0ad7c9d9.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Persons vending at flea markets, public places, peddling, auctioneering, or operating mobile canteens and stands, unless exempt under Sections 3 to 9.",
    "renewal": "not more than one year from the date of issuance"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 12",
    "who_must_license": "s. 12, 13",
    "renewal": "s. 19"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/business-licensing/text-fadd12418c65/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/business-licensing/"
}