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Shops Act, 19S0—Part I, Section 2—General Closing Hours.
A letter of warning was sent respecting a shop found to be not closed
for the serving of customers at the normal evening closing hour.
Shops Act, 1950, Part II, Section 17(1)—Conditions of Employment.
Provisions as to assistants' half-holiday. Letters of warning were sent
to the occupiers of 3 shops where assistants were found working during the
occasion of their weekly half-holiday. Legal proceedings were taken in one
instance where the occupier of a shop had been previously warned. A fine
of £1 0s. 0d., together with £2 2s. Od. costs was imposed.
Shops Act, 1950, Part IV—Sunday Trading.
Thirty-three shops were visited in addition to supervisory operations
and observations. Two contraventions were discovered; a letter of warning
was sent in each case. Registers required to be kept under this Act were
inspected periodically.
Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1938.
Cinemas and Boot and Shoe Repairing are the only occupations where
young persons are being employed under the above Act. The Registers kept
at these premises were perodically inspected.
Middlesex County Council Act, 1944-1950—Street Trading.
Under these provisions one Street Trading Licence was revoked on
account of subletting, and two licences were surrendered voluntarily.
Four letters of warning were sent concerning contraventions of the Act
and Byelaws: two to licensed street traders and two to unlicensed street
traders.
The inspection of shops, stalls and other traders' premises coming within
the scope of the Acts has been carried out throughout the year, including
Sundays and evenings.
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952.
The above-named Act came into operation on the 23rd March, 1953.
Regulations made thereunder which came into operation on 1st October,
1953, require fireguards to be fitted to gas fires, electric fires and oil heaters.
Standards of construction and fitting for guards and the tests to be employed
are set out in the Schedule and the necessary apparatus for testing the guards
has been obtained.
Under Regulations 5. heating appliances, other than imported appliances,
manufactured before the date of the coming into operation of the Regulations
and not fitted with the requisite guard may be sold or let until the end of
September, 1954.
The Shops Act Inspector has been appointed the Authorised Officer under
the Act.
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