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Trading (Allowable Hours) Act 1990
sec.3Objects of Act
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### sec.3 Objects of Act
The objects of this Act include—
to decide the allowable trading hours of non-exempt shops and independent retail shops throughout Queensland;
to require employees be given a holiday for, and to decide when certain places must close on, Anzac Day;
to provide for closure of banks and insurance companies on bank holidays;
to prohibit soliciting in any publication for business to be transacted outside allowable trading hours at any factory or shop;
to facilitate trading in tourist areas.
s 3 amd 1994 No. 23 s 5 ; 1995 No. 4 s 33 sch ; 2002 No. 3 s 5 ; 2017 No. 26 s 3
- (a) to decide the allowable trading hours of non-exempt shops and independent retail shops throughout Queensland;
- (b) to require employees be given a holiday for, and to decide when certain places must close on, Anzac Day;
- (c) to provide for closure of banks and insurance companies on bank holidays;
- (d) to prohibit soliciting in any publication for business to be transacted outside allowable trading hours at any factory or shop;
- (e) to facilitate trading in tourist areas.