Shop Trading Hours Act 1984
3ANon-application of Act
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3A Non-application of Act
[Section 3A Inserted by No. 62 of 1984, s. 5 ]
(1) This Act does not apply to any regatta, race meeting, sports meeting, agricultural, pastoral, or horticultural society's show, bazaar, fete, fair, market, or trade exhibition in or at which persons occupy or have the use of barrows, stalls, tables, or other subdivisions from or at which goods are sold, or exposed or offered for sale, by retail.
(2) This Act does not apply to the sale of motor vehicles, to the offering or exposing for sale of motor vehicles, or to the sale of replacement parts required for essential repairs to motor vehicles.
(3) *[Section 3A Subsection (3) amended by No. 44 of 1990, s. 225 and Sched. 3 ]**[Section 3A Subsection (3) amended by No. 68 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*This Act does not apply to –
(a) [Section 3A Subsection (3) amended by No. 75 of 2005, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Dec 2006] [Section 3A Subsection (3) amended by No. 58 of 2016, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Apr 2017] premises at which an auction is conducted by a real estate agent, or a general auctioneer, within the meaning of the Property Agents and Land Transactions Act 2016 , and which are used principally for the conduct of such an auction;
(b) [Section 3A Subsection (3) amended by No. 24 of 2004, s. 58, Applied:01 Jan 2005] premises specified in a liquor licence or liquor permit granted under the Liquor Licensing Act 1990 and on which liquor is the only or principal class of goods sold;
(c) . . . . . . . .
(d) premises in or at which the only or principal business carried on is that of providing meals or cooked food, with or without the accompaniment of any beverage, either being meals or cooked food that are ready for immediate consumption either on the premises or elsewhere; or
(e) [Section 3A Subsection (3) amended by No. 45 of 2011, s. 17, Applied:07 Dec 2011] a service station which is used principally for the sale of petroleum products and motor vehicle accessories.