South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts13—Hours during which shops may be open
(1) Subject to this
section, the shopkeeper of a shop situated in the Greater Adelaide Shopping
District may open the shop—
(a)
until 9.00 p.m. on every weekday; and
(b)
until 5.00 p.m. on a Saturday; and
(c) from
11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on a Sunday.
(2) Subject to this
section, the shopkeeper of a shop situated in the Central Business District
(CBD) Tourist Precinct may, in addition to the hours prescribed by
subsection (1), open the shop from 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on
public holidays in any year.
(5) Subject to this
section, the shopkeeper of a shop situated in a shopping district outside the
Greater Adelaide Shopping District may open the shop—
(a)
until 6.00 p.m. on every weekday other than a Thursday; and
(b)
until 9.00 p.m. on a Thursday; and
(c)
until 5.00 p.m. on a Saturday.
(5aa) Subject to this
section, the shopkeeper of a shop situated in a shopping district may open the
shop on a part-day public holiday that falls on a weekday as if it were not a
public holiday.
(5a) Subject to this
section, the shopkeeper of a shop situated in a shopping district the business
of which is solely or predominantly the retail sale of boats may open the
shop—
(a)
until 6.00 p.m. on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; and
(b)
until 9.00 p.m. on a Thursday and Friday; and
(c)
until 5.00 p.m. on a Saturday.
(5b) Subject to this
section, the shopkeeper of a shop situated in a shopping district the business
of which is solely or predominantly the retail sale of motor vehicles (other
than caravans and trailers) may open the shop—
(a)
until 6.00 p.m. on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; and
(b)
until 9.00 p.m. on a Thursday and Friday; and
(c)
until 5.00 p.m. on a Saturday.
(5d) Nothing in
subsection (1), (2), (5aa) or (7) entitles the shopkeeper of a shop
referred to in subsection (5a) or (5b) that is situated in the
Greater Adelaide Shopping District to open the shop for additional hours
prescribed by those subsections, or on a Sunday.
(5e) Subject to this
section, the shopkeeper of a shop situated in a shopping district the business
of which is the retail sale of—
(a)
hardware and building materials; or
(d)
motor vehicle parts and accessories,
may, in addition to the hours prescribed by subsection (1), (2), (5)
or (5aa) (depending on the shopping district in which the shop is
situated), open the shop from 9.00 a.m. until 5.00 p.m. on a Sunday or public
holiday (but not on Good Friday or 25 December and not before
12 noon on 25 April).
(5f)
Subsection (5e) only applies to a shop if, during the immediately
preceding period of seven consecutive trading days of the shop—
(a) the
aggregate price of all goods sold at the shop that fall within any one or more
of the classes of goods referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d)
of that subsection is 80 per cent or more of the aggregate price of all goods
sold at the shop during that period; and
(b) the
aggregate price of all hardware and building materials of a kind prescribed by
regulation for the purposes of this paragraph sold at the shop during that
period does not exceed the percentage (prescribed by regulation) of the
aggregate price of all hardware and building materials sold at the shop during
that period.
(6) Subject to this
section, shops in shopping districts outside the Central Business District
(CBD) Tourist Precinct (other than shops within the ambit of
subsection (5e)) must be closed—
(a) on 1
January, Easter Sunday, 25 December and 26 December in any year; and
(b) on
all other days that are public holidays in any year.
(6a) Shops in the
Central Business District (CBD) Tourist Precinct must be closed on Good
Friday, 25 December and until 12 noon on 25 April.
(7) The shopkeeper of
a shop in the Greater Adelaide Shopping District may open the shop until 5.00
p.m. on the day after Good Friday in each year.