Early Closing (Amendment) Act 1919 (NSW)

EARLY CLOSING (AMENDMENT)

ACT.

Act No. 49, 1919.

An	A c t to regula te the t imes o f closing o f hair­ dressers ' and tobacconis t s ' shops and chemis t s ' and druggists ' shops, and publ ic and private dispensaries ; to prohibi t n ight b a k i n g ; for the above purposes to amend
the Acts re la t ing to early closing, the
Sa turday Half-holiday A c t , 1 9 1 0 , and the
B r e a d A c t , 1901 ; and for purposes consequen t
thereon or inc identa l the re to . [Assented to ,
23 rd D e c e m b e r , 1 9 1 9 . ]
lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South	BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­
Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of
the same, as follows :—

1. This Act may be cited as the " Early Closing

(Amendment) Act, 1919."

of the shopkeeper, and seven o'clock shall be the

Hairdressers and tobacconists.

2. (1) Subsection one of section one of the Early

Closing Act, 1899, and subsection one of section three

of the Early Closing (Amendment) Act, 1909, are
amended by adding at the end of those subsections

respectively the following :—

" Provided that in the case of hairdressers' and

tobacconists' shops, one o'clock shall be the closing

time on Wednesday or Saturday, at the option

the closing time for such shops on other week­ days. But tobacconists' shops which close at one o'clock on Wednesday may remain open until ten o'clock on Saturday, and tobacconists' shops which close at one o'clock on Saturday may remain open until ten o'clock on Friday. Where the businesses of hairdresser and tobacconist are carried on in the same building and the entrance from the street to one shop is through the other, both shops shall close at the same time on Wednes­ day and Saturday, and the option as to the day on which the closing time shall be one o'clock shall, in

case of disagreement, be exercised by the shop-

keeper of the tobacconist's shop."

(2) Section two of the Early Closing (Hair­

dressers' Shops) Act, 1906, is repealed.

(3) In Part I I I of Schedule One to the Early

Closing Act, l 8 9 9 , omit the words " tobacconists' shops."

(4) The Schedule to the Saturday Half-Holiday

Act, 1910, is amended by inserting under " Hairdressers'

shops " the words " Tobacconists' shops."

(5) In sections four, five, nine, ten, and eleven

of the Early Closing (Hairdressers' Shops) Act, 1906,
insert after " hairdresser's " wherever occurring the words " or tobacconist's," and in section eight of the same Act insert after " hairdressers'" the words " or

tobacconists'."

(6) In sections eight, nine, and ten of the same

Act omit " half-past " wherever occurring before the

word " seven." (7) Section two of the Early Closing Amendment
Act, 1910, is amended as follows :—

(a) After " butchers' " where first occurring insert

" and "

(b) Omit " and hairdressers' "

(c) Omit " and half-past seven in the evening for hairdressers'."

3 . In the proviso to section thirteen of the Early

Closing (Hairdressers' Shops) Act, 1906, omit " one half

hour " and insert the words " fifteen minutes."

Chemists

Chemists and druggists.

4. The Early Closing Act, 1899, is amended as

follows :—

(a) In section six, after "Saturdays" insert

" except in the case of chemists' shops,

druggists' shops, public dispensaries and private dispensaries situate within the metropolitan or Newcastle shopping district, for which the
closing times shall be half-past seven o'clock
on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, nine o'clock on Fridays, and one
o'clock on Saturdays, provided that such shops

may reopen between the hours of seven o'clock and nine o'clock on Saturdays. The closing hours in country shopping districts will he half-past seven o'clock post meridian on four week-days and one o'clock post meridian and ten o'clock post meridian respectively upon the days of the week upon which non- scheduled shops close at those hours, with the same option of reopening between seven

o'clock post meridian and nine o'clock post
meridian on the weekly half-holiday."

(b) In section seven add at the end thereof " which are stated to be urgently required either by the indorsement on a prescription by a legally qualified medical practitioner or by a statement in writing signed by the purchaser."

Bread.

5. Section ten of the Bread Act, 1901, is amended as

follows :—

(a)	In paragraph (a) omit "on," insert "between the hours of eight o'clock in the evening and
six o'clock in the morning on any week-day, or at any time on any" ;
(b)	in paragraph (b) omit " the said day," insert

" Sunday";

(c) At the end of the section add the following new subsection :—

(4) An inspector appointed under the

Early Closing Act, 1899, on producing the

certificate

certificate of his appointment, may enter at any reasonahle hour any premises in which the trade or calling of a baker is carried on and make such inquiries as he thinks necessary to ascertain if the provisions of this section have been complied with. If any person wilfully obstructs such inspector in the exercise by him of the said powers or fails to truly answer any such inquiries made by such inspector he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.