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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Shops Act 1950 (repealed 1.12.1994), Part IV.
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F1S. 47 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F2S. 48 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F3S. 49 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F4S. 50 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F5S. 51 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F6S. 52 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F7S. 53 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F8S. 54 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F9S. 55 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F10S. 56 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F11S. 57 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F12S. 58 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F13S. 59 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F14S. 60 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F15S. 61 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F16S. 62 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F17S. 63 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F18S. 64 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F19S. 65 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
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F20S. 66 repealed (26.8.1994) by 1994 c. 20, ss. 1(2), 9(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 1994/1841, art. 2
(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, it shall not be lawful for any person in Scotland to carry on the business of a hairdresser or barber on Sunday.
(2)Notwithstanding anything in this or any other Act, any person carrying on the business of a hairdresser or barber in Scotland may at any time for the purposes of that business attend any person—
(a)in any place if that person is unable, by reason of bodily or mental infirmity, to go to the place where such business as aforesaid is carried on; or
(b)in any hotel if that person is resident therein; or
(c)in any sea-going ship:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall authorise the employment of any shop assistant in or about the business of a shop at any time when it would, under this Act, be unlawful for him to be so employed.
(3)Notwithstanding anything in this or any other Act, any person of the Jewish religion may carry on the business of a hairdresser or barber in Scotland on Sunday on condition that he complies with the following provisions, that is to say—
(a)he shall not carry on the business on Saturday; and
(b)he shall previously give notice to the local authority of his intention to carry on the business on Sunday; and
(c)if he carries on the business in any shop, he shall cause to be kept conspicuously posted in the shop a notice stating that it is open on Sunday for the purposes of the business, but is not open on Saturday for those purposes.
(4)As respects any shop in which any such person carries on the said business on Sunday in compliance with the provisions of the last foregoing subsection, this Act shall have effect as if—
(a)in subsection (1) of section one and subsection (1) of section seventeen, the references to weekdays were construed as references to weekdays other than Saturdays;
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21
(5)Any person who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding—
(a)in the case of a first offence, [F22F23£50][F23level 4 on the standard scale]; and
(b)in the case of a second or subsequent offence, [F22F23£200][F23level 4 on the standard scale].
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F22Words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71), s. 31
F23Words “level 4 on the standard scale” substituted (S.) by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289E–289G, 457A
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