Shop Trading Hours Regulations 2018

These regulations may be cited as the Shop Trading Hours

Regulations 2018.

These regulations will come into operation on 1 September

2018.

In these regulations—

Act means the Shop Trading Hours

Act 1977.

Pursuant to the definition of hardware and building materials in section 4(1) of the Act, the term hardware and building materials in the Act means goods of a class set out in

Schedule 1 or

Schedule 2 or goods of a similar class.

The hardware and building materials set out in

Schedule 2 are prescribed for the purposes of section 13(5f)(b) of the Act.

The percentage of the aggregate price of all hardware and building materials sold at a shop for the purposes of section 13(5f)(b) of the

Act is 20%.

An application for a licence under section 17 of the Act must be in writing and must state—

the address of the shop to which the application relates;

and

the name and address of the applicant.

A licence granted under section 17 of the Act is subject to the following limitations, restrictions and conditions:

the shopkeeper must ensure that the business of the shop is predominantly the retail sale of motor spirit and lubricants;

the aggregate price of goods (not being motor spirit, lubricants, spare parts and accessories for motor vehicles or foodstuffs or drinks) sold at the shop during any period of 7 consecutive trading days must not exceed 20% of the aggregate price of motor spirit, lubricants and spare parts and accessories for motor vehicles sold at the shop during that period;

the shopkeeper must, at the request of an Inspector, produce the licence to the Inspector for examination.

Where a yard comprises the whole or part of a shop, the boundaries of the yard must be closed and fastened against the admission of the public by a fence that meets the following requirements:

the fence must form a barrier that is impossible or difficult for a person to cross and in the case of a fence comprising a chain or rail supported at each end, no part of the chain or rail may be less than

800 millimetres nor more than 1 000 millimetres from the ground;

a gate or door comprising part of the fence must be securely locked;

all parts of the fence that are designed to be removed must be securely locked in place.

In this regulation—

fence includes a wall or any other barrier.