Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
this Act and any order made under section 12E(1) that affects the trading
hours of the general retail shop, a general retail shop that is not in the
metropolitan area shall be closed —
(a) on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday in each week until 8 a.m. and from and
after 6 p.m.; and
(b) on
Thursday in each week, until 8 a.m. and from and after 9 p.m.; and
(c) on
Saturday in each week, until 8 a.m. and from and after 5 p.m.; and
(d) on
Sunday in each week; and
(e) on
each public holiday and public half-holiday.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to —
(a) a
general retail shop in a holiday resort, as defined in section 12A(4); or
[(b) deleted]
(c) a
motor vehicle shop.
(3) Subject to this
Act and any order made under section 12E(1) that affects the trading
hours of a general retail shop, a general retail shop in the metropolitan area
shall be closed —
(a) on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in each week, until 8 a.m. and
from and after 9 p.m.; and
(b) on
Saturday in each week, until 8 a.m. and from and after 5 p.m.; and
(c) on
Sunday in each week; and
(d) on
each public holiday and public half-holiday.
(4)
Subsection (3) does not apply to —
(a) a
general retail shop in a special trading precinct or holiday resort, as
defined in section 12A(4); or
(b) a
general retail shop to which an order under section 12A applies by the
operation of subsection (3) of that section; or
(c) a
motor vehicle shop.
[Section 12 amended by No. 1 of 1991
s. 8; No. 47 of 2006 s. 8; No. 22 of 2010 s. 4; No.
38 of 2010 s. 4.]