# The Shops (Sunday Trading &c.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, Article 3: Large shops not to open on Sunday except in accordance with Articles 4, 5 and 6


(1) Subject to Articles 4, 5 and 6, a large shop shall not be open on Sunday for the serving of retail customers.
(2) If paragraph (1) is contravened in relation to a shop, the occupier of the shop shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50,000.
(3) Where a person is charged with having contravened paragraph (1), in relation to a large shop which was permitted by virtue of the exemption conferred by paragraph (1) of Article 5 to be open for the serving of retail customers on the Sunday in question during the hours mentioned in that paragraph, by reason of his having served a retail customer after the end of those hours, it shall be a defence to prove that the customer was in the shop before that time and left not later than half an hour after that time.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/2779/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/shops-sunday-trading-c-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-3
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