Sunday Trading Act 1994
Sunday Trading Act 1994 (1994 c. 20)
- Sunday Trading Act 1994 (1994 c. 20)
- 1 Reform of law relating to Sunday trading.
- 2 Loading and unloading at large shops on Sunday morning.
- 3 Construction of certain leases and agreements.
- 4 Rights of shop workers as respects Sunday working.
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- 6 Consequential repeal or amendment of local Acts.
- 7 Expenses.
- 8 Meaning of “local authority”.
- 9 Short title, repeals, commencement and extent.
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Restrictions on Sunday opening of large shops
- Interpretation
- Restrictions on Sunday opening hours of large shops
- Exemptions
- Notice of proposed Sunday opening
- Register of shops
- Duty to display notice
- Offences
- Transitional provision
- SCHEDULE 2 Supplementary Provisions
- Part I General enforcement provisions
- Duty to enforce Act
- Inspectors
- Powers of entry
- Obstruction of inspectors
- Investigatory powers
- Offences due to fault of other person
- Offences by bodies corporate
- Defence of due diligence
- Part II Shops occupied by persons observing the Jewish Sabbath
- Shops occupied by persons of the Jewish religion
- Members of other religious bodies observing the Jewish Sabbath
- Transitional provisions
- SCHEDULE 3 Loading and Unloading at Large Shops on Sunday Morning
- Shops to which Schedule applies
- Consent required for early Sunday loading and unloading
- Application for consent
- Revocation of consent
- Publication of consent
- Offence
- Christmas Day
- SCHEDULE 4 Rights of shop workers as respects Sunday working
- Interpretation
- Meaning of “protected shop worker”
- Notice of objection to Sunday working
- Meaning of “opted-out shop worker”
- Meaning of “notice period”
- Right not to be dismissed for refusing Sunday work
- Exclusion of section 64(1) of Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978
- Right not to suffer detriment for refusing Sunday work
- Employer’s duty to give explanatory statement
- Effect of rights on contracts of employment
- Proceedings for contravention of paragraph 10
- Restrictions on contracting out of Schedule
- Transitional modifications relating to maternity cases
- Dismissal on grounds of assertion of statutory right
- Dismissal procedures agreements
- Conciliation
- Application of certain other provisions of 1978 Act
- Keeping of records relating to Sunday employment
- Employment of children in street trading on Sunday
- SCHEDULE 5 Repeals
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