Trading Hours (Amendment) Act 1977 (ACT)

No. 32 of 1977

AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Trading Hours Ordinance 1962.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated this fourteenth day of July, 1977.

JOHN R. KERR Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

A. A. STALEY

Minister of State for the Capital Territory.

TRADING HOURS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1977

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Trading Hours (Amend­

ment) Ordinance 1977.*

2. In this Ordinance, "Principal Ordinance" means the Trading

Hours Ordinance 1962.f

t Ordinance No. 19, 1962 as amended by No. 19, 1966; No. 6, 1968; N o . 35, 1971; and N o . 23, 1972.

3 . Section 4 of the Principal Ordinance is repealed.

4 . Section 5 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting

from sub-section (1) the definition of "exempt goods" and substituting

the following definition:—

" 'exempt goods ' means—

(a) goods specified in the Schedule; or

(b) goods included in a class of goods specified in the Schedule;".

• Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 July 1977.

5 . The Schedule to the Principal Ordinance is repealed and the

following Schedule substituted:—

SCHEDULE	Section 5
E X E M P T	G O O D S

1. Foodstuffs and non-alcoholic beverages
2. Flowers
3. Garden requisites
4. Goods for use in the decoration, renovation or repair of domestic premises
5. Hardware
6. Hobby and handicraft goods
7. Ice
8. Motor vehicles and parts for motor vehicles and engines
9. Newspapers, books and periodicals
10. Paints
11. Plants, trees, shrubs, seeds and turf
12. Petrol, fuel-oils and lubricants
13. Second-hand goods

14. Soap, toothpaste, tooth-brushes, shaving-cream and lotions, cosmetics, razors and razor

blades, adhesive bandages and toilet paper and tissues

15. Souvenirs, postcards, stationery, art works and reproductions of art works
16. Timber and goods for use in wood-working

17. Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, cigarette-papers, cigarette-holders, matches, pipes and pipe-

cleaners

18. Tyres and tubes

19. Wallpaper

6 . The Principal Ordinance is amended as set out in the following

table:—

Provision	Amendment
Sub-section 5 (1) (definition of	Omit " eleven of this Ordinance ", substitute " 11 ".

" inspector ")

Sub-section 5 (1) (definition of Omit " ten of this Ordinance ", substitute " 10 ".

" late-shopping day ")

Sub-section 5 (1) (definition of Omit " seven ", substitute " 7 ".

" week ")

Paragraph 6 (2) (b) . . O m i t " - 1959 ".

Sub-section 6 (3) Omit " - 1962 ".

Sub-section 6 (4)	. .	. .	(a)	Omit " the last preceding sub-section ", substitute " sub­
section (3 )" .

(b) Omit " - 1962 ".

Paragraph 7 (2) (c) . . . . Omit " six ", substitute " 6 ".

Paragraph 7 (2) (d)	. .	. .	Omit " six ", substitute " 6 ".
Paragraph 7 (2) (e)	. .	. .	Omit " nine ", substitute " 9 ".
Paragraph 7 (2) (f)	. .	Omit " six ", substitute " 6 ".
Sub-section 7 (3)	. .	. .	Omit " Two hundred dollars ", substitute " $200 ".
Sub-section 7 (4)	. .	. .	Omit " Two hundred dollars ", substitute " $200 ".
Paragraph 8 (1) (a)	. .	Omit " (a) to (f), inclusive, of sub-section (2) of the last preceding section ", substitute " 7 (2) (a) to 7 (2) (f), inclusive ".
Paragraph 8 (1) (b)	Omit " six ", substitute " 6 ".
Sub-section 8 (1)	. .	. .	Omit " Two hundred dollars ", substitute " $200 ".
Sub-section 8 (2)	. .	(a) Omit " the last preceding section ", substitute " section 7 ". (b) Omit " six ", substitute " 6 ".

Section 9 . . . . •• (a) Omit " either of the last two preceding sections ", substitute " section 7 or 8 ".

(b) Omit " Two hundred dollars ", substitute " $200 ".

Sub-section 10 (2) Omit " the last preceding sub-section ", substitute " sub­

section (1) ".

Sub-section 12 (2) . . Omit " Two hundred dollars ", substitute " $200 ".

Section 14	. .	.	.	Omit " Two hundred dollars ", substitute " $200 ".
Section 15	. .	..	Omit " Two hundred dollars ", substitute " $200 ".