I12Loading and unloading early on Christmas Day
1
Where a shop which is prohibited by section 1 from opening on Christmas Day is located in a loading control area, the occupier of the shop must not load or unload, or permit any other person to load or unload, goods from a vehicle at the shop before 9 a.m. on Christmas Day in connection with the trade or business carried on in the shop, unless the loading or unloading is carried on—
a
with the consent of the local authority for the area in which the shop is situated, granted in accordance with this section, and
b
in accordance with any conditions subject to which that consent is granted.
2
The provisions of paragraphs 3 to 8 of Schedule 3 to the 1994 Act shall apply in relation to consent under subsection (1) as they apply in relation to consent under that Schedule, but as if—
a
the reference in paragraph 6(1) to Sunday were a reference to Christmas Day, and
b
the reference in paragraph 7(a) to an offence under paragraph 9 of that Schedule were a reference to an offence under subsection (3).
3
A person who contravenes subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
4
In this section, “loading control area” means any area designated by a local authority as a loading control area in accordance with section 2 of the 1994 Act.