Sunday Trading Act 1994

[F1 Restrictions on Sunday opening hours of large shops] E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 2 cross-heading substituted (27.2.2004) by Regulatory Reform (Sunday Trading) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/470), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)

2 (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below, a large shop shall not be open on Sunday for the serving of retail customers. E+W

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply in relation to—

(a) any of the shops mentioned in paragraph 3(1) below, or

(b) any shop in respect of which a notice under paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 2 to this Act (shops occupied by persons observing the Jewish Sabbath) has effect.

[F2 (3) Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply in relation to the opening of a large shop during any continuous period of six hours on a Sunday beginning no earlier than 10 am and ending no later than 6 pm, but this sub-paragraph has effect subject to sub-paragraph (4) below.]

(4) The exemption conferred by sub-paragraph (3) above does not apply where the Sunday is Easter Day F3 ....

[F4 (5) Nothing in this paragraph applies where the Sunday is Christmas Day (the opening of large shops on Christmas Day being prohibited by section 1 of the Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004).]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1 para. 2(3) substituted (27.2.2004) by Regulatory Reform (Sunday Trading) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/470), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)

F3 Words in Sch. 1 para. 2(4) omitted (9.12.2004) by virtue of Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004 (c. 26), ss. 4(2)(a), 6(3); S.I. 2004/3235, art. 2

F4 Sch. 1 para. 2(5) inserted (9.12.2004) by Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004 (c. 26), ss. 4(2)(b), 6(3); S.I. 2004/3235, art. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 1 para. 2(1) excluded (19.1.1995) by S.I. 1994/3286, art. 3

C2 Sch. 1 para. 2(1) excluded (22.7.2012) by Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Act 2012 (c. 12), s. 1(1)(3), 3(1)