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A
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Bill
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To
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Make provision
as to the rights of shop workers and betting workers under the law of
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Scotland in relation to Sunday working;
and for connected purposes.
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and
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consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present
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Parliament assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:—
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1 Sunday
working: shop and betting workers in Scotland
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(1) The
Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) is amended as follows.
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(2) In
Section 36 (which provides for “protected” shop workers and
betting
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workers)—
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(a) in
subsection (7), at the beginning there is inserted “Subject to
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subsection (8),”; and
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(b) after
subsection (7) there is added—
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“(8) In
any provision of this Act which applies to Scotland by virtue
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of
section 1(5) of the Sunday Working (Scotland) Act 2003
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(extension
to Scotland of provisions which refer to shop
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workers
and betting workers), “the relevant commencement
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date”
means, in relation to Scotland, the date on which that
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section
came into force.”.
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(3) In
section 232 (which relates to shop workers)—
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(a) in
subsection (2), the words “in England or Wales” are repealed.
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(b) in
subsection (7)—
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(i) in
paragraph (a), after the words “intoxicating liquor” there
is
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inserted “(in Scotland, alcoholic
liquor)”; and
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(ii) at
the end there is added “and “alcoholic liquor” the same
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meaning as in the Licensing (Scotland)
Act 1976.”.
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(4) In
section 233 (which relates to betting workers), in each of paragraphs
(a) and
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(b) of subsection (2), the words “in
England or Wales” are repealed.
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(5) In
section 244(2) (which provides that the provisions of the Act which refer
to
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shop workers and betting workers extend
to England and Wales only), for the
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(5) words
“The provisions of this Act which refer to shop workers and betting
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workers” there is substituted
“Sections 36(2) and (4), 37(1) and (5), 38 and 39”.
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2 Transitory,
transitional and saving provisions
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The Secretary of State may by order made
by statutory instrument make any
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transitory, transitional or saving provision
which he considers necessary or
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expedient for the purposes of, in consequence
of or for giving full effect to any
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provision of this Act.
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3 Commencement
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This Act (except this section and section
4) comes into force on such day as the
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Secretary of State may by order made by statutory
instrument appoint.
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4 Short
title
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This Act may be cited as the Sunday Working
(Scotland) Act 2003.
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