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SHOPS ACT AND STREET TRADING.
The Department administers three local Orders under the Act: The
Edmonton Hairdressers and Barbers (Late Day) Order, 1947, made under
the Shops (Hours of Closing) Act, 1928; The Shops Act, 1912, Edmonton
Weekly Half-holiday Order, Section 4(2) and (6) (Butchers); The Shops Act,
1912, Edmonton Weekly Half-holiday Order, Section 4(2), all the Orders
stand amended by the Shops Act, 1950.
There are approximately 1,293 shops and places other than shops in the
Borough which are liable to inspection.
The Shops Acts and Street Trading Inspector submits a monthly report
to the Public Health Committee, and the following is a short summary of the
work carried out during the year.
Visits to Shops, Licensed Street Traders, etc 1,180
Washing facilities, sink water heaters installed 7
Contraventions were in the main of a minor character, mostly concerned
with the exhibition of notices.
Shops Act, 1950—Part I, Section 1(2).
Edmonton Weekly Half-holiday Order.—No action necessary during the
year.
Shops Act, 1950—Part I—Hours of Closing.
No action necessary during the year.
Shops Act, 1950, Part II, Section 17(1)—Conditions of Employment.
A letter of warning was sent to the occupier of a shop where an assistant
was found working during the occasion of the weekly half-holiday.
Shops Act, 1950, Part IV—Sunday Trading.
Thirty-eight 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.
Y oung 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 the provisions of the Byelaws made by the Council under the
above Acts, six letters of warning were sent for contravention of certain
provisions of the Byelaws. five to licensed street traders and one to an unlicensed
street trader.
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