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Trading (Allowable Hours) Act 1990
sec.5Exempt shops
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### sec.5 Exempt shops
An exempt shop is—
a shop of a description mentioned in schedule 1AA used predominantly for selling goods by retail, or for supplying services, a reasonable person would expect to be sold or supplied in that shop; or
an independent retail shop; or
a shop operating in an area to which a special event declaration applies.
A class of shop may be declared for the purposes of schedule 1AA , item 23 by reference to—
the business conducted in shops of the class; or
the location of shops within any area or areas of the State defined in the relevant regulation; or
such other criteria as the Governor in Council thinks fit.
In respect of the sale of goods wholesale in an exempt shop the provisions of this Act apply to the shop and a reference in this Act to an exempt shop does not include the shop.
s 5 amd 1994 No. 23 s 7 ; 1994 No. 80 s 67 sch 1 ; 2017 No. 26 s 4 ; 2022 No. 17 s 7
(sec.5-ssec.1) An exempt shop is— a shop of a description mentioned in schedule 1AA used predominantly for selling goods by retail, or for supplying services, a reasonable person would expect to be sold or supplied in that shop; or an independent retail shop; or a shop operating in an area to which a special event declaration applies.
(sec.5-ssec.2) A class of shop may be declared for the purposes of schedule 1AA , item 23 by reference to— the business conducted in shops of the class; or the location of shops within any area or areas of the State defined in the relevant regulation; or such other criteria as the Governor in Council thinks fit.
(sec.5-ssec.3) In respect of the sale of goods wholesale in an exempt shop the provisions of this Act apply to the shop and a reference in this Act to an exempt shop does not include the shop.
- (a) a shop of a description mentioned in schedule 1AA used predominantly for selling goods by retail, or for supplying services, a reasonable person would expect to be sold or supplied in that shop; or
- (b) an independent retail shop; or
- (c) a shop operating in an area to which a special event declaration applies.
- (a) the business conducted in shops of the class; or
- (b) the location of shops within any area or areas of the State defined in the relevant regulation; or
- (c) such other criteria as the Governor in Council thinks fit.