The Shops (Sunday Trading &c.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
Northern Ireland Order in Council 1997 No. 2779 — creates 3 criminal offences.
- Made
- 26 November 1997
- In force from
- 4 December 1997
- Extent
- Not stated
- Subject
- Miscellaneous
- Made under
- Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
This Order reforms the law relating to Sunday trading, provides for the rights of shop workers in relation to Sunday working and repeals the Shops Act (Northern Ireland) 1946.
Offences created by this instrument
- SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Large shops not to open on Sunday except in accordance with Articles 4,5 and 6 article 3(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
- Enforcement article 8(4) · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
What Parliament said about it
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- Shops (Sunday Trading &C) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 Lords · Lords Chamber · 20 November 1997
How Parliament handled it
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Check the source
- This instrument on legislation.gov.uk The authoritative text, including amendments made since
- Other instruments from 1997