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Five occupiers appeared in court on a total of ten summonses,
one occupier making two appearances during the course
of the year Half of the summonses were in respect of Petrol
Service stations, an area where it is still difficult, because of
shift methods of working, to ensure compliance
Evening & Early Closing
Early closing day observations commanded far more attention
than the evening closing provisions, there being an air of
jealousy over traders who take advantage of staying open for six
days without authorative consent of the Law
Provisions do exist which allow six day trading to become
operative but this involves ballots of the interested traders
During the year Six Day Trading Orders were made in
Romford in respect of Mens' Wearing Apparel
Home Decorators' Supplies
and in Elm Park, in respect of
Mens', Ladies' and Children's Wearing Apparel
It is customary that when a shop closes for an early closing
day that on that afternoon the staff receive their weekly half •
holiday With the increase of six day trading this-area of enforcement
is made more difficult
A total of 1,105 visits and observations were made and 133
infringements found
Several of these infringements resulted in legal proceedings,
details of which are enumerated in the tables below