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Shop Hours (Drapery Trades, Dublin and Districts) Act, 1926

In short

This law makes further rules for the early closing of certain shops in Dublin and surrounding areas, specifically those dealing in drapery and related trades. It sets out specific hours when these shops must be closed to customers.

What it regulates

  • The closing hours for certain types of shops.
  • The application of these closing hours to sales by auction.
  • Penalties for not following the rules.
  • The period during which the law is active.

Who it concerns

  • Every shop in the County Borough of Dublin, Rathmines, Pembroke, Blackrock, Dun Laoghaire, Dalkey, Killiney and Ballybrack, and Howth Urban Districts that sells drapery, tailoring, outfitting, hats, hosiery, gloves, boots and shoes, or house-furnishings and upholstery.
  • Persons who contravene the provisions of this Act.

Key points

  • Shops must be closed for serving customers except during specified hours: Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.; Friday from 9 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.; and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8.30 p.m.
  • Shops may stay open until 10 o'clock in the evening on the Saturday before Easter Sunday, the Saturday before Whit Sunday, and the five weekdays before Christmas Day.
  • Breaking the law can result in fines: not exceeding one pound for a first offence, not exceeding five pounds for a second offence, and not exceeding fifty pounds for a third or subsequent offence.
  • This Act came into operation on March 1, 1926, and will remain in force until July 15, 1930, after which it will expire.
Legal text
Legal text

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  3. s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile ActsAchtanna 1926 Shop Hours (Drapery Trades, Dublin and Districts) Act, 1926 Shop Hours (Drapery Trades, Dublin and Districts) Act, 1926 Permanent Page URL View by SectionAmharc de réir Ailt View Full ActAmharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Print Full ActPriontáil an tAcht Iomlán Number 36 of 1926. SHOP HOURS (DRAPERY TRADES, DUBLIN AND DISTRICTS) ACT, 1926. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Construction. 2. Application. 3. Sales by auction. 4. Closing hours. 5. Saving for Act of 1912. 6. Penalties. 7. Re-enactment of sections 13 and 14 of Act of 1912. 8. Period of operation. 9. Repeal. 10. Short title. FIRST SCHEDULE. SECOND SCHEDULE. Acts Referred to Shop Hours (Drapery Trades, Dublin and Districts) Act, 1925 No. 39 of 1925 Number 36 of 1926. SHOP HOURS (DRAPERY TRADES, DUBLIN AND DISTRICTS) ACT, 1926. AN ACT TO MAKE FURTHER PROVISION FOR THE EARLY CLOSING OF SHOPS IN THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF DUBLIN AND SURROUNDING URBAN DISTRICTS IN WHICH THE TRADE OF DRAPER, TAILOR, OUTFITTER, HATTER, HOSIER, GLOVER, BOOT AND SHOE DEALER OR HOUSE-FURNISHER AND UPHOLSTERER OR ANY OF THEM, IS CARRIED ON. [28th July, 1926.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:— Construction. 1.—This Act shall be construed as one with the Shops Act, 1912 (hereinafter referred to as the Act of 1912), and all words and expressions to which special meanings are assigned by that Act shall respectively have those meanings in this Act. Application. 2.—This Act shall apply to every shop which is situate in any of the areas specified in the First Schedule to this Act, and in which is carried on the trade or business of draper, tailor, out-fitter, hatter, hosier, glover, boot and shoe dealer, or house-furnisher and upholsterer or any of them. Sales by auction. 3.—The provisions of this Act shall so far as they apply to sales by auction be construed, to apply to every auction which at any time during the course of its business includes the sale of goods ordinarily sold in a shop to which this Act applies: Provided that this section shall not apply and shall be deemed never to have applied to any sale by auction of forfeited pledges from a licensed pawnbroker by a divisional auctioneer in the county borough of Dublin under 28 Geo. III., cap. 49 (Irish). Closing hours. 4.—

(1)Save as is otherwise provided by this Act, every shop to which this Act applies shall be closed for the serving of customers except during the hours of business specified in the Second Schedule to this Act.
(2)Notwithstanding the foregoing sub-section but subject to the provisions of the Act of 1912 in relation to the weekly half-holiday any shop to which this Act applies may be open for the serving of customers until ten o'clock in the evening on the Saturday next before Easter Sunday, the Saturday next before Whit Sunday, and the five week days next before Christmas Day. Saving for Act of 1912. 5.—The restrictions imposed by this Act on the opening of shops to which this Act applies shall be in addition to and not in substitution for the restrictions imposed by the provisions of the Act of 1912 in relation to the weekly half-holiday and accordingly those provisions shall apply to every such shop as fully as they would have applied if this Act had not been passed. Penalties. 6.—If any person contravenes the provisions of this Act he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof— (
  1. a)in the case of a first offence to a fine not exceeding one pound; (
  2. b)in the case of a second offence to a fine not exceeding five pounds; and (
  3. c)in the case of a third or subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds: Provided that for the purposes of this section a conviction or convictions for an offence under the Act of 1925 shall be deemed to be and to have been a conviction or convictions for an offence under this Act, Re-enactment of sections 13 and 14 of Act of 1912. 7.—The provisions of sections 13 and 14 of the Act of 1912, as modified by section 21 of that Act, shall, so far as those provisions are applicable, have effect as if re-enacted in this Act, and in terms made applicable thereto. Period of operation. 8.—This Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of March, 1926, and shall remain in force until the 15th day of July, 1930, and shall then expire. Repeal. 9.—The Shop Hours (Drapery Trades, Dublin and Districts) Act, 1925 (No. 39 of 1925) is hereby repealed. Short title. 10.—This Act may be cited as the Shop Hours (Drapery Trades, Dublin and Districts) Act, 1926. FIRST SCHEDULE. The County Borough of Dublin, Rathmines Urban District, Pembroke Urban District, Blackrock Urban District, Dun Laoghaire Urban District, Dalkey Urban District, Killiney and Ballybrack Urban District, Howth Urban District. SECOND SCHEDULE. Day. Hours of business. Monday and Tuesday } From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday Friday From 9 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Saturday From 9 a.m. to 8.30 p.m. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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