UK Act of Parliament 1997 c. 2779 Northern Ireland

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

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Enforced by
Local Authority
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 1 of 3 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 2 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

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Any Person2 Employer1

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TULRCA 1992 72 duties

What it requires

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s.009 (1) Where: (a) an enterprise of a territory participates directly... (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Ensure commercial transactions with connected enterprises are at arm's lengthAny Person
43 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 This Arrangement shall apply to persons who are residents of... (opens in a new tab)
s.002 (1) This Arrangement shall apply to taxes on income and... (opens in a new tab)
s.003 (1) For the purposes of this Arrangement, unless the context... (opens in a new tab)
s.004 (1) For the purposes of this Arrangement, the term “resident... (opens in a new tab)
s.005 (1) For the purposes of this Arrangement, the term “permanent... (opens in a new tab)
s.006 (1) Income derived by a resident of a territory from... (opens in a new tab)
s.007 (1) The profits of an enterprise of a territory shall... (opens in a new tab)
s.008 (1) Profits of an enterprise of a territory from the... (opens in a new tab)
s.010 (1) Dividends paid by a company which is a resident... (opens in a new tab)
s.011 (1) Interest arising in a territory and paid to a... (opens in a new tab)
s.012 (1) Royalties arising in a territory and paid to a... (opens in a new tab)
s.013 (1) Gains derived by a resident of a territory from... (opens in a new tab)
s.014 (1) Income derived by a resident of a territory in... (opens in a new tab)
s.015 (1) Subject to the provisions of Paragraphs 16, 18, 19... (opens in a new tab)
s.016 Directors' fees and other similar payments derived by a resident... (opens in a new tab)
s.017 (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraphs 14 and 15 of... (opens in a new tab)
s.018 (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-paragraph (2) of Paragraph... (opens in a new tab)
s.019 (1) (a) Salaries, wages and other similar remuneration, other than... (opens in a new tab)
s.020 Payments which a student or business apprentice who is or... (opens in a new tab)
s.021 (1) The provisions of this Paragraph shall apply notwithstanding any... (opens in a new tab)
s.022 (1) Items of income beneficially owned by a resident of... (opens in a new tab)
s.023 (1) Where under any provision of this Arrangement any income... (opens in a new tab)
s.024 (1) Subject to the provisions of the law of the... (opens in a new tab)
s.025 (1) The taxation on a permanent establishment which an enterprise... (opens in a new tab)
s.026 (1) Where a resident of a territory considers that the... (opens in a new tab)
s.027 (1) The competent authorities of the territories shall exchange such... (opens in a new tab)
s.028 Nothing in this Arrangement shall affect the fiscal privileges of... (opens in a new tab)
s.029 (1) Each of the territories shall notify to the other... (opens in a new tab)
s.030 This Arrangement shall remain in force until terminated by the... (opens in a new tab)
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
Schedules

Schedules

2 of 24 shown
s.sch001 A person who contravenes paragraph 2 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on... Prosecution
  • Contravene Sunday trading restrictionsAny Person

Fine up to £1,000

s.sch002 (1) Where a person becomes a shop worker to whom paragraph 6 applies, his employer... Regulated
  • Give shop workers a written statement about Sunday working rightsEmployer
22 other schedules
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...

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