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Evening Closing Hours.
* Butchers Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday 7 p.m.
Friday and Saturday 8 p. m.
(Subject to Weekly Half-holiday Order.)
Confectioners Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday 9.30 p.m.
Saturday 10 p.m.
†Other Shops Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday 8 p. m.
Saturday 9 p.m.
(Subject to Weekly Half-holiday Order.)
Note:—Shops wholly exempt from the provisions of the Shops
(Sunday Trading Restriction) Act, 1936—Sunday, 8 p.m. (with the
exception of confectioners, whose closing hour on Sunday is 9.30 p.m.).
A Jewish Hairdresser and Barber may open his premises on Sunday
until 2 p.m., provided he is registered in accordance with the Shops
(Sunday Trading Restriction) Act, 1936, and that all premises occupied
by him are closed for the whole of Saturday.
The Shops Act of 1934 which came into operation on the 31st day
of December, 1934, stipulates the number of hours during which young
persons under the age of 18 may be employed, and makes provision as to
the arrangements in shops and warehouses for the health and comfort
of workers.
The Shops Act, 1936, brings lending libraries (with certain
exceptions) within the scope of the Shops Acts.
The Retail Meat Dealers (Sunday Closing) Act, 1936, requires that
butchers' shops shall be closed on Sunday. Exemption is permitted for
Jewish butchers selling kosher meat, provided the shop is closed for the
whole of Saturday.
The Shops (Sunday Trading Restriction) Act, 1936, restricts the
opening of shops and trading on Sunday. Partial exemption orders may
be made for certain trades, and there are special provisions for persons
observing the Jewish Sabbath. Provision is also made for assistants
employed on Sundays to receive holidays in lieu thereof on week-days.
During 1937, 65 first or warning notices and 15 final notices were