# Shops Act 1950 (repealed 1.12.1994), Section 44: Exemptions for post office business.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) 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:—
(a) if the shop is a telegraph office, the obligation to close on the early closing day shall not apply to the shop so far as relates to the transaction of post office business thereat;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) Save as aforesaid, nothing in Part I or section seventeen or nineteen of this Act shall apply to post office business, or to any premises in which post office business is transacted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/14/28/section/44 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/shops-act-1950-repealed-1121994/section-44
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