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Retail Trading Act 2008
8AShop not required to be closed on Boxing Day if staff freely elect to work
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8A Shop not required to be closed on Boxing Day if staff freely elect to work
8A Shop not required to be closed on Boxing Day if staff freely elect to work
(1) A shop is not required to be kept closed on Boxing Day if the shop is staffed only by persons who have freely elected to work on that day.
(2) This section has effect despite any other provision of this Act and any other Act or law.
s 8A: Ins 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [6].