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SHOPS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1946 - SECT 41

Interpretation.

41.(1) In this Act the following expressions shall, except where a contrary
intention appears, have the meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say:

"bank holiday" includes any public holiday or day of public rejoicing or
mourning;

"bread" includes fancy bread and pastries;

"contravention" in relation to any provision includes any failure to comply
with that provision;

"enactment" includes any Act and any rule, regulation, byelaw or order made
under any Act;

"factory" has the meaning assigned to it by section one hundred and
fifty-seven of the Factories Act (Northern Ireland), 1938;

Definition rep. by SRO (NI) 1973/341

"Ministry" has the meaning assigned to it by section five of this Act;

"order" means an order made by a [district council] and confirmed by the
Ministry in accordance with the provisions of this Act and includes a closing
order so made and confirmed under Part I of this Act;

"pharmaceutical chemist," "chemist and druggist," and "druggist" respectively
mean a registered pharmaceutical chemist, a registered chemist and druggist
and a registered druggist, as defined by the Pharmacy and Poisons Act
(Northern Ireland), 1925;

"prescribed" means prescribed by the Ministry by regulations made under
this Act;

"retail trade or business" includes the business of a barber or hairdresser,
the business of lending books and periodicals when carried on for purposes of
gain, retail sales by auction, the sale of refreshments and, except when used
in relation to Part I of this Act, the sale (whether for consumption on or off
the premises) of intoxicating liquors, but, does not, unless otherwise
provided, include the sale of programmes and catalogues and other similar
sales at theatres and places of amusement;

"shop" includes

(a)any place or premises where any retail trade or business is carried on;

(b)any wholesale shop and any warehouse occupied for the purposes of trade by
any person carrying on any retail trade or business; and

(c)any premises used as depots for the receipt of articles for repair,
cleaning, dyeing, washing or other treatment;

"statutory period" means ...

definition in 1954 c.33 (NI) s.41(2) substituted by 1979 NI 12 art.10

"theatre" includes any place used for the exhibition of pictures or other
optical effects by means of a cinematograph or other suitable apparatus and
any music hall or other similar place of entertainment, and "performance" has
a corresponding meaning;

"week" means the period between mid-night on Saturday night and mid-night on
the succeeding Saturday night;

"working hours" means the time during which the persons employed are at the
disposal of the employer, exclusive of any intervals allowed for rest and
meals; and "hours worked" has a corresponding meaning;

"year" means the period between mid-night on the last Saturday night in the
month of December and mid-night on the last Saturday night in the next month
of December;

"young person" means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years.

(2) For the purposes of this Act a person who works in or about the business
of a shop for the occupier thereof or in connection with any
retail trade or business for the person by whom it is carried on, shall be
deemed to be employed, notwithstanding that he receives no remuneration or
reward for his labour.

Subs.(3) rep. by 1954 c.33 (NI) s.48(1) sch.

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