Early Closing (Hairdressers' Shops) Act 1906 (NSW)

Act No. 29, 190C).

An Act to amend the Early Closing Act, 1899, and the Early ( l o s i n g (Amendment ) Act, 1900; and for o ther purposes. [12th December, 1900.]

Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the	BE it enacted l»y the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative
authority of the same, as follows :—

Preliminary.

1. This Act may be cited as the " Early Closing (Hairdressers' Shops) Act, 1906," and shall be construed with the Early Closing Act 1899 (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act), and the Early Closing (Amendment) Act, 1900.

Hairdressers' shops.

2. Subsection one of section one of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following proviso after the second paragraph (h) in the subsection :—

" Provided (hat in the case of hairdressers' shops half-past seven o ' c lock shall be the closing time on d a y s where other non- scheduled shops under Ibis section close at six o'clock."

3. Section five of the Principal Act is repealed.

4. The proviso to subsection one of section eight of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the words " Provided t h a t " the words "except in t h e case of a hairdresser's shop."

shops, half-past seven o'clock."

5. Subsection O I K . ' of section nine of the Principal Act is
amended b y inserting after tin; words " Schedule One" the words "or
in any hairdresser's s h o p " and by omitting the words " except that."
6. The definition of shop assistant, in section twenty-one of the
Principal Act, is amended by inserting after the words "c lerk

employed in a shop " the following words :—" or any person doing any

w o r k in connection with hair dressing business."

7. Part One of Schedule One to the Principal Act is repealed.
8. Subsection one, of section three and section four of the Early

Closing (Amendment) Act, 1900, arc respectively amended by inserting after the words "s ix o'clock" where occurring in the said subsection and section respectively the words " o r in the case of hairdressers'

9. Section six of the Early Closing (Amendment) Act, 11)00, is amended by adding at the end of the section the words "or , in the case of a hairdresser's shop, half-past seven o'clock."

10. Section eight of the same act is amended by inserting after the words " six o'clock," wherever occuring in that section, the words, "or , in the case of a hairdresser's shop, half-past seven o'clock."

11. Section ten of the Early Closing (Amendment) Act, 1900, is amended by inserting after " Principal Act," where first occurring in the section, the words, " and not being a hairdresser's shop."

12. Section eleven of the Early Closing (Amendment) Act, 1900, is amended by omitting the last sentence, commencing with " In the case of" and ending with " Principal Act."

13. If in any hairdresser's shop any work is done for any customer after the closing time fixed, chosen, or deemed to be chosen for any day in respect of such shop, the shopkeeper of the shop, or any person acting or apparently acting in the management of the shop, shall be guilty of an offence against the Principal Act :

Provided that no such shopkeeper or person shall be guilty of the said offence by reason only that within one half-hour after the said closing time any work was done for a customer who, at the closing time, was in the shop being attended to or waiting to be attended to.

Shopkeepers.

14. Where a shopkeeper leases to any other person, or enters into an agreement by which any other person occupies his shop, or any part thereof, for a term or period less than one week, he shall, notwithstanding such lease or agreement, continue to be shopkeeper of the shop.

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