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Shops Act 1950 (Great Britain)

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The Shops Act 1950 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which was repealed on 1 December 1994 by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994. The introductory text describes it as "An Act to consolidate the Shops Acts, 1912 to 1938, and certain other enactments relating to shops.".

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Summary

The Act dealt with hours of closing (not hours of opening), half-day holidays, some employment conditions and with Sunday trading in England and Wales.

Extent

The Act did not extend to Northern Ireland.

Part IV of the Act (Sunday Closing) did not extend to Scotland.

Repeals

The following Acts were entirely repealed by this Act :-

  • Shops Act 1912
  • Shops Act 1913
  • Shops (Hours of Closing) Act, 1928
  • Hairdressers' and Barbers' Shops (Sunday Closing) Act, 1930
  • Shops Act, 1934
  • Shops Act, 1936
  • Retail Meat Dealers' Shops (Sunday Closing) Act. 1936
  • Shops (Sunday Trading Restriction) Act, 1936

    • Further partial repeals are listed in Schedule 8 of the Act.

    References

    Shops Act 1950 (Great Britain) Wikipedia
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