Shops Act 1950

1 The sale of—

(a) meals or refreshments (including table waters, sweets, chocolates, sugar confectionery, and ice cream), for consumption on the premises, or (in the case of meals or refreshments sold on railway premises) for consumption on the trains:

Provided that—

(i) in the case of canteens attached to and situated within or in the immediate vicinity of any works, if persons are employed at such works after the closing hour, and the canteen is kept open only for the use of such persons, meals or refreshments may be sold after the closing hour for consumption anywhere within the works premises ; and

(ii) for the purposes of the foregoing provisions, tobacco supplied at a meal for immediate consumption shall be deemed to form part of the meal;

(b) newly cooked provisions and cooked or partly cooked tripe to be consumed off the premises ;

(c) intoxicating liquors to be consumed on or off the premises ;

(d) tobacco, table waters or matches on licensed premises during the hours during which intoxicating liquor is permitted by law to be sold on the premises ;

(e) tobacco, matches, table waters, sweets, chocolates, or other sugar confectionery or ice cream at any time during the performance in any theatre, cinema, music hall, or other similar place of entertainment so long as the sale is to a bona fide member of the audience and in a part of the building to which no other members of the public have access ;

(f) medicine or medical or surgical appliances, so long as the shop is kept open only for such time as is necessary for serving the customer ;

(g) newspapers, periodicals and books from the bookstalls of such terminal and main line stations as may be approved by the Secretary of State ;

(h) aircraft, motor, or cycle supplies or accessories for immediate use, so long as the shop is kept open only for such time as is necessary for serving the customer;

(i) victuals, stores, or other necessaries required by any naval, military or air force authority for His Majesty's forces or required for any ship on her arrival at or immediately before her departure from a port, so long as the shop is kept open only for such time as is necessary for serving the customer.