http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/20/schedule/1/crossheading/offencesSunday Trading Act 1994An Act to reform the law of England and Wales relating to Sunday trading; to make provision as to the rights of shop workers under the law of England and Wales in relation to Sunday working; and for connected purposes.1994-07-05texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2015-10-01 SCHEDULESSCHEDULE 1 Restrictions on Sunday opening of large shops Offences71If paragraph 2(1) above is contravened in relation to a shop, the occupier of the shop shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine.2If paragraph 6 above is contravened in relation to a shop, the occupier of the shop shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.8Where a person is charged with having contravened paragraph 2(1) above, in relation to a large shop which was permitted to be open for the serving of retail customers on the Sunday in question, by reason of his having served a retail customer after the end of the period during which the shop is permitted to be open by virtue of paragraph 2(3) above, it shall be a defence to prove that the customer was in the shop before the end of that period and left not later than half an hour after the end of that period.Sch. 1 para. 8 substituted (27.2.2004) by Regulatory Reform (Sunday Trading) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/470), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(e)Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(1) substituted (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 26 (with reg. 5(1))
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If paragraph 2(1) above is contravened in relation to a shop, the occupier of the shop shall be liable on summary conviction to
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