--- In [email protected], Keith Midgley <can...@...> wrote: > > On Thu, 6 May 2010 09:21:55 +0100, Bruce Napier wrote: > > > > > > >On 6 May 2010, at 08:45, Ian Cardinal wrote: > > > >> The Fish and Chip Shop in Stone is open on Sundays. I have no idea > >> if this > >> is truly illegal or not > > > > > >I'd no sooner posted my last than, walking round to Tesco Express in > >Fazeley, I noticed that the Fazeley Fish Bar is open on Sunday evenings. > > > >Maybe the law has been rationalised? > > > This is just a vague memory - so may be wrong! - but I think the law > was rationalised along with the last change to the Sunday Trading > Laws. > > Keith. >
>From Halsbury's Laws: 'Formerly, trading on Sunday was severely restricted. The restricting provisions were repealed by the Sunday Trading Act 1994 and such restrictions as are now in force relate only to large shops. A large shop must not be open on Sunday for the serving of retail customers4; but that prohibition does not apply if: (1) it falls within a category of exempt shops; (2) it is occupied by persons observing the Jewish Sabbath and a relevant notice has effect; or (3) a notice of proposed Sunday opening is in force and the shop is open only during the permitted opening hours under that notice.' So basically, it is legal to sell fish and chips on a Sunday subject to the above. Ben NB Lawstudent
