Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 1997 Northern Ireland

The Shops (Sunday Trading &c.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997

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3 compliance obligations, 2 practical guides · 3 journeys

Penalty landscape

1 of 3 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 2 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Who this Act binds

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  • Any Person 2
  • Employer 1

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Relevant guidance

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What this Act requires

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Schedules

s.sch001

A person who contravenes paragraph 2 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on...

Fine up to £1,000
  • Contravene Sunday trading restrictions Any Person
s.sch002

(1) Where a person becomes a shop worker to whom paragraph 6 applies, his employer...

  • Give shop workers a written statement about Sunday working rights Employer
Browse 22 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
s.sch001

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), this Schedule applies to any large shop situated in a...

s.sch001

The occupier of a shop to which this Schedule applies shall not load or unload,...

s.sch001

(1) A consent under this Schedule may be granted subject to such conditions as the...

s.sch001

An application for a consent under this Schedule shall be made in writing and shall...

s.sch001

An applicant for a consent under this Schedule shall pay such reasonable fee in respect...

s.sch001

(1) Where an application is duly made to the district council for a consent under...

s.sch001

Where— (a) the occupier of a shop in respect of which a consent under this...

s.sch001

Where a district council grants a consent under this Schedule, the council may cause a...

s.sch002

(1) In this Schedule “shop worker” means an employee who, under his contract of employment,...

s.sch002

(1) An employee who is a protected shop worker or an opted-out shop worker has...

s.sch002

(1) Where an employee who is a protected shop worker or an opted-out shop worker...

s.sch002

(1) An employee who is dismissed shall be regarded for the purposes of Part XI...

s.sch002

Articles 140 and 141 of the Employment Rights Order (qualifying period of employment and upper...

s.sch002

(1) Any provision in an agreement (whether a contract of employment or not) shall be...

s.sch002

In Article 135 of the Employment Rights Order (dismissal on grounds of assertion of statutory...

s.sch002

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), a shop worker is to be regarded as “protected” for...

s.sch002

(1) Any contract of employment under which a shop worker who satisfies paragraph 2(2)(a) was...

s.sch002

(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) under the contract of employment under which a shop...

s.sch002

(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) under the contract of employment under which a shop...

s.sch002

(1) A shop worker to whom this paragraph applies may at any time give his...

s.sch002

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a shop worker is to be regarded as “opted-out” for...

s.sch002

(1) Where a shop worker gives his employer an opting-out notice, the contract of employment...

Browse 43 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.art001

This Order may be cited as the Double Taxation Relief...

s.art002

It is hereby declared— (a) that the arrangements specified in...

s.art003

Large shops not to open on Sunday except in accordance with Articles 4, 5 and 6

s.art004

Exemption for certain kinds of large shop

s.art005

Permitted Sunday opening hours for large shops

s.art006

Additional permitted Sunday opening for large shops in holiday resorts

s.art007

Loading and unloading at large shops on Sunday morning

s.art008

Enforcement

s.art009

Offences

s.art010

Construction of certain leases and agreements

s.art011

Rights of shop workers as respects Sunday working

s.art012

Exclusion of Sunday Observance Act (Ireland) 1695

s.art013

Repeal of provisions of the Shops Act (Northern Ireland) 1946

s.art014

Amendments and repeals

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