Amendment of the Sunday Trading Act 19942
1
The Sunday Trading Act 19942 is amended as follows.
2
In Schedule 1 (restrictions on Sunday opening of large shops)—
a
for the heading immediately preceding paragraph 2 there is substituted:
“Restrictions on Sunday opening hours of large shops”.
b
for paragraph 2(3) there is substituted:
3
Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply in relation to the opening of a large shop during any continuous period of six hours on a Sunday beginning no earlier than 10 am and ending no later than 6 pm, but this sub-paragraph has effect subject to sub-paragraph (4) below.
c
paragraphs 4 and 5 are omitted;
d
in paragraph 6 for the words “the permitted Sunday opening hours specified in the notice under paragraph 4 above” there is substituted “the Sunday opening hours”;
e
for paragraph 8 there is substituted:
Where 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.
f
paragraph 9 is omitted.
3
In Schedule 3 (loading and unloading at large shops on Sunday morning), in paragraph 1(a) for “in respect of which a notice under paragraph 4 of that Schedule has effect” there is substituted “that is permitted to be open on a Sunday by virtue of paragraph 2(3) of that Schedule and which the occupier opens on Sunday for the serving of retail customers”.