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whole of the 26th to keep open on the usual half holiday in
the week after Christmas week.
2. Where Friday is the day fixed for the weekly half holiday,
the shopkeeper, if he wishes to remain open on Friday the 18th,
must change the weekly half holiday in Christmas week to Saturday;
but, as explained above, he will then have to close for the
usual half holiday in the week after Christmas week.
3. Where Saturday is the day fixed for the weekly half
holiday, the shopkeeper will be able to keep open on Saturday
the 19th by closing the whole of Christmas Day; but, as explained
above, he will have to close for the usual half holiday in
the week after Christmas week.
As regards New Year's Day, the expression "Bank
Holiday" is defined by Section 19 (1) of the Act to include
"any public holiday or day of public rejoicing or mourning, and
this definition will, the Secretary of State thinks, include NewYear's
Day in places where that day is, in fact, kept as a public
holiday. In such places, therefore, a shopkeeper who closes the
whole of New Year's Day will be entitled, if his half holiday in
New Year's week is fixed for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or
Thursday, to keep open either on the half holiday in that week
or on the half holiday in the week following; or, if his half
holiday is fixed for Saturday, to keep open on Saturday, the 2nd
January.
It will be understood that, in the case of shops not affected
by a Weekly Half Holiday Order under Section 4 (2), the right
of the shopkeeper to change the day of the weekly half holiday in
the manner suggested above is subject to the condition that he
has not already changed the day within the previous three months
(see Section 4 (3) of the Act); but the Secretary of State may