{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shops-act-1950-repealed-1121994/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shops-act-1950-repealed-1121994/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/14/28",
  "legislation_title": "Shops Act 1950 (repealed 1.12.1994)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/shops-act-1950-repealed-1121994",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Offences under Part I.",
  "text": "(1) In the case of any contravention of any of the provisions of section one of this Act, the occupier of the shop shall be liable to a fine not exceeding—\n(a) in the case of a first offence, level 1 on the standard scale;\n(b) in the case of a second offence, level 1 on the standard scale; and\n(c) in the case of a third or subsequent offence, level 1 on the standard scale.\n(2) In the case of any contravention of any provisions of this Part of this Act not punishable under the foregoing subsection, or of any contravention of a closing order, or of any breach of a condition imposed by any order made under subsection (2) of section two of this Act, the occupier of the shop shall be liable to a fine not exceeding—\n(a) in the case of a first offence, £25level 2 on the standard scale;\n(b) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, £50level 2 on the standard scale.\nIn considering for the purposes of this subsection whether an offence is or is not a first offence, any offence under subsection (3) of section forty-one or subsection (3) of section forty-two of this Act shall be treated as if it were an offence under this subsection.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted (E.W.S.) by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 31(5)-(7)(9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted (S.) by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289E-289G"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 35 in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), 38 (increase of fines) and 46 (substitution of references to levels on the standard scale) apply (E.W.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 14(1) extended by Shops (Early Closing Days) Act 1965 (c. 35), s. 5(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/14/28/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:18:55.840337+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}