SHOPS (HOURS OF TRADING) ACT, 1938

FIRST SCHEDULE. Enactments Repealed.

Enactments Repealed.

Chapter and Year

Chapter and Year

Short Title

Short Title

Extent of Repeal

Extent of Repeal

2 Geo. V., c. 3.

2 Geo. V., c. 3.

Shops Act, 1912.

Shops Act, 1912.

The whole Act except sections 1, 2, and 3, sub-section (2) of section 11, sub-section (6) of section 21, the First Schedule and the Fifth Schedule.

The whole Act except sections 1, 2, and 3, sub-section (2) of section 11, sub-section (6) of section 21, the First Schedule and the Fifth Schedule.

SECOND SCHEDULE. Businesses Permanently Excepted From Parts II, III and IV of this Act.

Businesses Permanently Excepted From Parts II, III and IV of this Act.

1. The business of selling by retail intoxicating liquors.

2. The business of selling meals for consumption on the premises, and, in the case of meals sold on railway premises, for consumption on trains.

3. The business of selling medicines or medical or surgical appliances when carried on by a person entitled to keep open shop for the sale of poisons under the Pharmacy Act (Ireland), 1875, as amended by the Pharmacy Act (Ireland), 1875, Amendment Act, 1890.

4. Post Office business.

THIRD SCHEDULE. Exempted Businesses.

Exempted Businesses.

Part I.

Businesses for the time being exempted from Parts II, III and IV of this Act.

1. The business of selling refreshments (other than meals) for consumption on the premises and, in the case of refreshments sold on railway premises, for consumption on trains.

2. The business carried on at a railway refreshment room.

3. The business of selling newspapers, periodicals, books, magazines, or stationery.

4. The business of selling tobacco or smokers' requisites.

5. The business carried on at a railway bookstall on or adjoining a railway platform.

6. The business of selling motor, cycle or aircraft supplies or accessories for immediate use.

Part II.

Additional businesses for the time being exempted from Parts II and IV of this Act.

7. The business of selling meat, fish, milk, cream, or other articles of a perishable nature, or bread, flour confectionery, chocolates, sugar confectionery, table waters, ice cream, fruit, vegetables or flowers, or any toy or novelty in which chocolate or sugar confectionery is contained and which is sold with such chocolate or sugar confectionery as a single article.

Part III.

Additional business for the time being exempted from Part II of this Act.

8. Retail trade carried on at an exhibition or show if such retail trade is subsidiary or ancillary to the main purpose of the exhibition or show.