South Australia

Shop Trading Hours (Christmas Trading Period) Amendment Bill 2004

A Bill For

An Act to amend the Shop Trading Hours Act 1977.

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Short title

2 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Shop Trading Hours Act 1977

3 Amendment of section 13—Hours during which shops may be open

4 Amendment of section 13A—Restrictions relating to trading on Sundays and certain public holidays

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Shop Trading Hours (Christmas Trading Period) Amendment Act 2004.

2—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Shop Trading Hours Act 1977

3—Amendment of section 13—Hours during which shops may be open

Section 13—after subsection (7) insert:

(7a) If 26 December falls on a Sunday in any year, the shopkeeper of a shop in the Central Shopping District or the Glenelg Tourist Precinct may open the shop on 28 December from 11.00 a.m. until 5.00 p.m. (but nothing in this subsection affects an entitlement to open a shop on that day under subsection (5e)).

4—Amendment of section 13A—Restrictions relating to trading on Sundays and certain public holidays

(1) Section 13A(1)—after "Sunday" insert:

or on a prescribed public holiday

(2) Section 13A(3)—after "Sundays" insert:

or on prescribed public holidays

(3) Section 13A(3)—after "Sunday" insert:

or prescribed public holiday

(4) Section 13A(4)—after the definition of collateral agreement insert:

prescribed public holiday means a public holiday on which a shopkeeper is entitled to open a shop under section 13(7) or (7a);