SHOPS (CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1938

FIRST SCHEDULE. Enactments Repealed.

Enactments Repealed.

Session and chapter.

Session and chapter.

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

Sections 1, 2, 3, sub-section (2) of section 11, sub-section (6) of section 21, the First Schedule, and the Fifth Schedule.

Sections 1, 2, 3, sub-section (2) of section 11, sub-section (6) of section 21, the First Schedule, and the Fifth Schedule.

2 and 3 Geo. V., c. 24.

2 and 3 Geo. V., c. 24.

Shops Act, 1913

Shops Act, 1913

The whole Act.

The whole Act.

SECOND SCHEDULE. Rules for Intervals for Meals.

Rules for Intervals for Meals.

1.—Intervals for meals shall be so arranged as to secure that—

(a) no person shall be engaged in work for more than six hours without an interval of at least thirty minutes being allowed during the course thereof, and

(b) there shall be at least three hours between each interval for meals.

2.—(1) Without prejudice to Rule 1, where the hours of work include the hours from 11.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m., an interval of not less than one hour shall be allowed for dinner and such interval shall commence between those hours.

(2) Where—

(a) the hours of work include the hours from 11.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m., and

(b) either—

(i) a person employed as a member of the staff of a refreshment house or licensed premises is allowed on any day an interval of not less than one hour so arranged as either to end not earlier than 11.30 a.m. or to commence not later than 2.30 p.m., or

(ii) a person employed as a member of the staff of any shop (not being a refreshment house or licensed premises) in a town in which a market is held not oftener than once a week is allowed on any day on which a market is held in that town an interval similarly arranged, or

(iii) a person employed as a member of the staff of a shop (not being a refreshment house or licensed premises) in a town in which an annual fair is held is allowed on the day on which such annual fair is held in that town an interval similarly arranged, the provisions of paragraph (i) of this Rule shall be deemed to have been complied with in respect of that person on that day.

3. Without prejudice to Rule 1, where the hours of work include the hours from 4 p.m. to 7.30 p.m., an interval of not less than half-an-hour shall be allowed between those hours for tea.

THIRD SCHEDULE. Penalties for Certain Offences.

Penalties for Certain Offences.

In the case of a first offence under the relevant section a fine not exceeding ten pounds or in the case of any subsequent such offence a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds.