The Early Closing Amendment Act 1901 (SA)

EDWARDI V11 REGIS.

No. 778.

An Act to amend the " Early Closing Act, 1900.''

[Asseded f o, December zrst, rpor.]

B" it Enactoci by thc Governor, with thc atlvicc and consent of the Parliament of South Australia, as follows:

1, This Act may bc citcd as " Thc Early- Closing rlincntiment Shorttitle,incorpor~- dui'ation.

Act, 1901,'' illl(l ~hitil b(' r~iitl i31ld C O I ~ S ~ Y U W ~ klld be V O I I C U W C ~ I ~ with tion9

the " $ M y ('losing Act, 1900 " (hon~innf t~r r; f ( n d to as the principal Act), illld shall come into forcv on a (lay to be fixotl by Proc1am;t tion.

A shopli(v~p(~r tlt sir01 IS of rn:~liing i~nothor choice shall givc oncl

month'h w i t t: 11 notice of s11r.h other choice to thc~ Minister. which notice shall not tlotcmninc a t any tilw prior to thrce rnonths from the date of his former choice, and at thc expiration of such month a

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copy of such substitutctl notice shall hc affixed ant1 shall bc kcpt affixed in a conspicuons place in his shop front window, and any prior notice shall be rtmovcd.

All notices of choice made or purl)orting.to h? m a t l ~ by any shop-

keeper or his agcnt shall bc prinzti facie evldcnce of tlw fact of such	0
choice having been madv.

Effect of repeal. 4, The repeal hereby ttffectcd shall not affcc't anything 1;~wfully

commcnccd or clone under any part of the principal Act so repealed,

and all choices made: notices given, and copies affixed thcr'undcr

shall be as valid and effectual for a11 purposes i ts if nxitle, given, or

affixed hereunder, and shall continutl in full fhrce and t$Fect.

Shopkeepw may sell 5, ,4

shopkeeper, whether within a metropolitan or a country shopping district, or the lilxsband or wife of such shopkeeper, may keep his shor) orwn and, with the assistance of o?ie member of his

after the closing time

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family. ?ell goods therein uiltil nine of the clock on an)- ~vcck night

for which the closing tinlc chown, fised, or apl~ointetl is not earlitlr than six of Ihc clock: Provided that not morc than one person shall be deelneti to be the shopkeeper in connection with the same shop for the pilrpose of this section: I'rovidctl also that for the purpose of this section " shopkeclw " shall ilot includn manager of

a shop.

R y x d of section 5,	6,	Section 5 of the principal Act is hereby rcyaled.
pr~ncipal Act.

Amendnrent of scc-	7, Section	13 of	the	lrincipal	A c t i ~; h c ~ ~ b y	amentlecl as
tion 1'1 of Art 749 of

1900. fo1ll~ns:-Evtry sliopkt~ejwr sllall. not later than thc cloying time chosen, fixed, or appointed in ~espcct thereof, t.losc> his shop by ceasing, fbr the remaititler of t h ~ clay, to sell or offm goods {'or sale

therein. except eut~mptcd goods, snh j~c t, Imvevcr, to the l~rovidons

contained in scction 5 of this Act.

Exccplion in case of

Section 14 of the principal ,4ct is hereby amendetl by the addition of' tllc following proviso, viz: -Yrovidcci that :~ssistants U L

refreshment rooms' 8,

employed in prc1)nring and serving 111) meals and refreshments may

continue doing so until two of thv clock on any day.

Exemption. 9, The persons conducting, carrying on, occupying, or having

the management or control of ally shop of the classes of shops men- tioned in the First S(~hedu1e of the principal Act shall, save as provided, be exempt from the provisions of this Act.

Exemption in

c m of 10, Every shopkeeper who keeps his shop closed on the whole of

public holiday

any public holiday which is kept on a Monday shall be exempt from

closing his shop at one of the clock in the afternoon of Wednesday of the same week to which the closing tinre of one c?f the clock in the afternoon applies; and when a public holiday is kcpt on any other week day than Monday then all shopkeepers who shall close their

shops

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shops during the wliolc of such holiday shall be exempt from closing their shops a t onc of the clock on Wetlncsday and one of the clock on Saturday in that week.

Milkmen" added to

11. The word "Milkmen" shall \,c included in the First Schedule to the principal -ict. First Schedule.

12, Every shopkeeper shall allow a half holiday to every person IIRH holidn!..

employed in his shop from one of tlrc clock in t h ~ nfieriioon of the day fixed for closing tlio shop at that hour. mcl sliall not cml)loy any of such persons after tlw closing time so fixer1: Provitlcd that n shop- keeper shall not be liable for employing any person within half nn hour after the closing time for the pluspose of serving customers already in thc shop at the closing time, or for adjusting the goods and closing the shop.

13. 'r he C; ovcmor may by Proclamation temporarily s~~spent l the Gowmor may suspend operation of Art as to

operntiun of this .\ct in so far as it alq)lies to the closing time fixed	til,,e,
or appointed for any shop or shops.

14. NO persol1 ~mclcr the age of' sixtcwi years shall l)c employed Tinlitation of hours of employment o t

for more tlran fifty-two hours in one w t ~ k in a shop, or n l o r ~ than goring prrsons

nine hours in; ~ n y onc day c.sccl)t on on(. dav in a wwk, when not

more than c l c v ~ n hours may be worlwl: ~i.ovi(lrtl that with the writtcn consent ot' thc RIinister any of swll persons may be cm- p loy~d for not nlore than twelve 1;ours or a less tin,(. in one day,

hut' such n~nscnt	sl~all	not apply to more than forty days in any one
ycar.

15. 'I'he Sccond Schetlule of the principal I\c.t shall be read as Amendment Second Schedule Act 749 of

if in the last line thereof the words " and description of shop " 1900.

were acldccl.

Tn the name and on behalf of His Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Hill.

TENNY SON, Governor.

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