Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

TRADING HOURS ACT 1996

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

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   PART I--PRELIMINARY

   1.      This Act may be cited as the Trading Hours Act 1996.1  
   2.      2.1 (1) Section 1 and this  
   3.      The Acts set out in the Schedule are repealed.  
   4.      In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears— “applicable trading hours”, in relation to a large supermarket, means the period of time during which, under section 6, that supermarket may be open for the purpose of trading; “inspector” means a person referred to in subsection 8 (3); “large supermarket” means a supermarket that—  
   5.      (1) The Minister may, by instrument, declare that this Act does not apply to a part of the Territory specified in the instrument and, while the instrument is in effect, this Act does not apply to that part of the Territory.  

   PART II--TRADING HOURS OF LARGE SUPERMARKETS

   6.      (1) The Minister may, by instrument, specify the periods of time during which large supermarkets generally, or large supermarkets included in a specified class of large supermarkets, may be open for the purpose of trading.  
   7.      (1) A person shall not keep a large supermarket open for the purpose of trading at a time that is outside the applicable trading hours.  

   PART III--INSPECTORS

   8.      (1) There may be 1 or more inspectors for the purposes of this Act.  
   9.      (1) The Chief Executive shall issue to an inspector an identity card that specifies the inspector's name and office, and on which appears a recent photograph of the inspector.  
   10.     (1) For the purposes of this Act, an inspector may, at any time when it is open, enter and inspect a large supermarket or a place that he or she reasonably believes to be a large supermarket.  
   11.     An inspector who enters premises for the purposes of this Act is not authorised to remain there if he or she does not produce his or her identity card to the occupier on request.  

   PART IV--MISCELLANEOUS

   12.     (1) Where, for the purposes of this Act, it is necessary to establish the state of mind of a body corporate or a natural person in relation to particular conduct, it is sufficient to show—  
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