Section 44 Exemptions for post office business.C1
England, Wales and Scotland
Where post office business is carried on in any shop in addition to any other business, this Act shall apply to that shop subject to the following modifications:—
if the shop is a telegraph office, the obligation to close on the F1early closing day shall not apply to the shop so far as relates to the transaction of post office business thereat;
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Save as aforesaid, nothing in Part I or F3section seventeen or nineteen of this Act shall apply to post office business, or to any premises in which post office business is transacted.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words substituted by virtue of Shops (Early Closing Days) Act 1965 (c. 35), s. 3
- F2
S. 44(1)(b) repealed by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 8 Pt. I
- F3
Words substituted by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s. 29(3), Sch. 6 para. 3
Modifications
- C1
S. 44 extended by Shops (Early Closing Days) Act 1965 (c. 35), s. 5(2); explained by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 4 para. 51
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Act repealed (1.12.1994) by 1994 c. 40, s. 81, Sch. 17; S.I. 1994/3037, art. 2; and Pts. I, II and s. 67 ceased to have effect (1.12.1994) by 1994 c. 40, ss. 23, 24; S.I. 1994/3037, art. 3