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House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
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STATUTES AMENDMENT (SHOP TRADING AND HOLIDAYS) BILL

Final Stages

The Legislative Council agreed to the bill with the amendments indicated by the following schedule, to which amendments the Legislative Council desires the concurrence of the House of Assembly:

No. 1. Clause 6, page 3, line 19 [clause 6, inserted section 3B]—Delete '5pm' and substitute '7pm'

No. 2. New clause, page 3, before line 28—Insert:

7A—Review

(1) The Minister must cause a review of the operation of section 3B of the Holidays Act 1910 (as to be inserted into that Act by section 6 of this Act) to be conducted and a report on the results of the review to be submitted to him or her.

(2) The review must include an assessment of the impact of the introduction of part day public holidays on government, business and the community, including the additional costs resulting from part-day public holidays and, in particular, any additional Government expenditure in each financial year on matters relating to part-day public holidays (such as expenditure on wages and funding to organisations to compensate for the additional costs to those organisations resulting from part-day public holidays).

(3) The review must be commenced on 1 January 2013 and the report must be submitted to the Minister within 3 months after the commencement of the review.

(4) The Minister must, within 6 sitting days after receiving the report, cause copies of the report to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.

No. 3. Clause 9, page 4, after line 5—Insert:

(1a) Section 5(5) and (6)—delete subsections (5) and (6)

No. 4. New clause, page 4, after line 34—Insert:

11—Review

(1) The Minister must cause a review of the operation and impact of the amendments to the Shop Trading Hours Act 1977 made by Part 4 of this Act to be conducted and a report on the results of the review to be submitted to him or her.

(2) The review must be undertaken in conjunction with the review under section 7A of this Act and the report must be submitted to the Minister at the same time as the review under that section.

(3) The Minister must cause copies of the report to be laid before both Houses of Parliament at the same time as the report under section 7A is laid before both Houses.

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