Shop Trading Hours Order 2012 (TAS)

The parties involved in this case were the Minister for Workplace Relations, D. J. O'Byrne, and the general public, specifically in relation to newsagents operating on Anzac Day. The nature of the dispute was the exemption of newsagents from the general trading hours restrictions on Anzac Day. The court involved was the Tasmanian government, represented by the Minister for Workplace Relations, D. J. O'Byrne.

The legal issue that the court had to decide was whether newsagents should be exempt from the general trading hours restrictions on Anzac Day. The relevant legislation, section 5AAA(2)(c) of the Shop Trading Hours Act 1984, provided the Minister for Workplace Relations with the power to exempt certain classes of shops from the general trading hours restrictions on Anzac Day. The court had to determine whether newsagents should be included in this exemption.

The court's reasoning and outcome was that newsagents should be exempt from the general trading hours restrictions on Anzac Day. The Minister for Workplace Relations, D. J. O'Byrne, exercised his power under section 5AAA(2)(c) of the Shop Trading Hours Act 1984 to declare newsagents as a class of shops that may be kept open before 12:30 p.m. on Anzac Day. This decision was based on the importance of allowing newsagents to operate on Anzac Day to provide essential services to the public, such as the sale of newspapers and other items.

The final order was the Shop Trading Hours Order 2012, which was made under section 5AAA(2)(c) of the Shop Trading Hours Act 1984. The order declared newsagents as a class of shops that may be kept open before 12:30 p.m. on Anzac Day. The order took effect on the day on which its making was notified in the Gazette, which was 23 April 2012. This order was administered in the Department of Justice.