Retail Trading Hours Amendment Act 2016

 

Retail Trading Hours Amendment Act 2016

Contents

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.Short title2

2.Commencement2

Part 2 — Retail Trading Hours Act 1987 amended

3.Act amended3

4.Section 4 amended3

5.Section 5 amended4

6.Section 12 amended4

7.Section 12A deleted4

8.Section 14A amended4

9.Sections 14B and 14C deleted5

10.Section 15 amended5

11.Section 25 amended5

Part 3 — Subsidiary legislation repealed

12.Regulations repealed6

13.Orders repealed6

 

Retail Trading Hours Amendment Act 2016

No. 35 of 2016

An Act to amend the Retail Trading Hours Act 1987 and, as a consequence, to repeal certain regulations and orders made under that Act.

[Assented to 16 November 2016]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

 

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.Short title

This is the Retail Trading Hours Amendment Act 2016.

2.Commencement

This Act comes into operation as follows —

(a)Part 1 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;

(b)the rest of the Act — on a day fixed by proclamation, and different days may be fixed for different provisions.

Part 2 — Retail Trading Hours Act 1987 amended

3.Act amended

This Part amends the Retail Trading Hours Act 1987.

4.Section 4 amended

(1)After section 4(1) insert:

 

(2A)Despite subsection (1), this Act does not apply to Rottnest Island.

 

(2)In section 4(3):

(a)delete “is used as —” and insert:

 

is —

 

(b)in paragraph (d) delete “and is”;

(c)in paragraph (d) delete “running.” and insert:

 

running; or

 

(d)after paragraph (d) insert:

 

(e)a retail shop located in a short‑term market.

 

(3)After section 4(3) insert:

 

(4A)For the purposes of subsection (3)(e) a retail shop is located in a short‑term market if —

(a)it is one of a group of retail shops that are placed at a particular location on a particular day and removed from that location before midnight on that day; and

(b)some or all of the retail shops in the group are operated by different persons; and

(c)none of the shops in the group is a motor vehicle shop.

 

5.Section 5 amended

In section 5(2) delete “or 14B(4)”.

6.Section 12 amended

(1)Delete section 12(2) and insert:

 

(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a motor vehicle shop.

 

(2)Delete section 12(4) and insert:

 

(4)Subsection (3) does not apply to a motor vehicle shop.

 

7.Section 12A deleted

Delete section 12A.

8.Section 14A amended

In section 14A(1):

(a)in paragraph (b) delete “paragraph; or” and insert:

 

paragraph.

 

(b)delete paragraphs (c) and (d).

9.Sections 14B and 14C deleted

Delete sections 14B and 14C.

10.Section 15 amended

In section 15(1)(e)(iii) delete “in, or prescribed for the purposes of, a relevant paragraph of section 14A(1).” and insert:

 

in section 14A(1)(a) or prescribed for the purposes of section 14A(1)(b).

 

11.Section 25 amended

Delete section 25(2) and insert:

 

(2)A person commits an offence if the person operates a retail shop that is certified to be a small retail shop under section 10(3)(c) and is not owned and operated in accordance with section 10(3)(a), (b), (ba), (bb), (bc), (bd) and (be).

 

Part 3 — Subsidiary legislation repealed

12.Regulations repealed

The Retail Trading Hours (Holiday Resorts) Regulations 2012 are repealed.

13.Orders repealed

These orders are repealed:

(a)the Retail Trading Hours (Rottnest Island Holiday Resort) Order 2007;

(b)the Retail Trading Hours (Rockingham Holiday Resort) Order 2012;

(c)the Retail Trading Hours (Wanneroo Holiday Resort) Order 2012.

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By Authority: JOHN A. STRIJK, Government Printer