Shop Trading Hours Act 1990

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Version as at 12 April 2022

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Shop Trading Hours Act 1990

Public Act
 
1990 No 57
Date of assent
 
3 July 1990
Commencement
 
see section 1(2)

Act name: replaced, on 30 August 2016, by section 5(3) of the Shop Trading Hours Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 39).

Note

The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.

Contents

Title [Repealed]
1Title and commencement
2Interpretation
2ATransitional, savings, and related provisions
3Shops to be closed on Anzac Day morning, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Christmas Day
4Certain shops may remain open
4AGarden centres may remain open on Easter Sunday
4BShops in certain areas may remain open on Easter Sunday
5Offence
5ATerritorial authority may have local Easter Sunday shop trading policy
5BAdoption, amendment, and revocation of local Easter Sunday shop trading policy
5CReview of local Easter Sunday shop trading policy
5DDelegation of power in relation to local Easter Sunday shop trading policies
5EChief executive to be notified of local Easter Sunday shop trading policy
5FInterpretation
5GProvision requiring shop employee to work, or be available to work, on Easter Sunday unenforceable
5HShop employee’s right to refuse to work on Easter Sunday
5IEmployer’s obligation to notify shop employee of right to refuse to work on Easter Sunday
5JShop employee’s obligation to notify employer of intention to refuse to work on Easter Sunday
5KEmployer’s obligation not to take certain actions
5LPersonal grievance
6Shop Trading Hours Act 1977 repealed
7Consequential protection for certain workers
7AFurther consequential protection for certain workers [Repealed]
8Effect of certain provisions in leases, etc
9Prosecutions
Notes
Title [Repealed]

Title: repealed, on 30 August 2016, by section 4 of the Shop Trading Hours Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 39).