Shops Act 1950 (repealed 1.12.1994)
Shops Act 1950 (repealed 1.12.1994) (1950 c. 28)
- Shops Act 1950 (repealed 1.12.1994) (1950 c. 28)
- Part I Hours of Closing
- Early closing days
- 1 Closing of shops on weekly half-holiday.
- General closing hours
- 2 General closing hours.
- 3 The late day.
- 3 The late day.
- 4 Special provision for tobacco and smokers’ requisites.
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- 6 Special provision for confectionery.
- 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Closing orders
- 8 Closing orders.
- 9 Procedure for making closing orders.
- 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 11 Revocation of closing orders.
- Trading outside shops and shops with several trades
- 12 Trading elsewhere than in shops.
- 13 Shops where more than one trade or business is carried on.
- Supplemental
- 14 Offences under Part I.
- 15 Expenses of Secretary of State.
- 16 Local inquiries.
- Part II Conditions of Employment
- Statutory half-holiday and meal times
- 17 Statutory half-holiday for shop-assistants.
- 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 19 Meal times.
- 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 21 Application of foregoing provisions to premises for the sale of refreshments.
- Sunday Employment in England and Wales
- 22 Sunday employment.
- 23 Sunday employment in retail trading elsewhere than in shops.
- Hours of Employment of Young Persons
- 24—36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 38 Sanitary and other arrangements in shops.
- 39 Apportionment of expenses under last section.
- Part III Modifications of Parts I and II in special cases
- 40 Suspension of weekly half-holiday in holiday resorts.
- 41 Alteration of general closing hours in holiday resorts and sea fishing centres.
- 42 Alteration of general closing hours and closing orders for exhibitions.
- 43 Suspension of general closing hours and closing orders on special occasions.
- 44 Exemptions for post office business.
- 45 Exemption for fairs, etc., and non-profit-making libraries.
- 46 Exemption for Industrial and Provident Societies’ libraries.
- Part IV Sunday Trading
- General provisions in England and Wales
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- Retail meat dealers’ shops in England and Wales
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- Foregoing provisions of Part IV not to extend to Scotland
- 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Barbers and hairdressers in Scotland
- 67 Business of hairdresser or barber not to be carried on on Sunday.
- Part V General
- 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 69 Regulations.
- 70 Proof and revocation of orders of local authorities.
- 71 Enforcement.
- 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 73 Local authorities.
- 74 Interpretation.
- 75 General application to Scotland.
- 76 Repeal.
- 77 Short title, extent and commencement.
- SCHEDULES
- FIRST SCHEDULE Trades and Businesses exempted from the Provisions as to Early Closing Day
- SECOND SCHEDULE Transactions not affected by general closing hours or by Closing Orders
- THIRD SCHEDULE Intervals for Meals
- FOURTH SCHEDULE Method of Calculating the Holidays to which any Shop Assistant is entitled under Section Forty-one of this Act
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