Christmas Day and New Year's Day Trading (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 13): explanatory notes

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Great Britain Scottish Parliament

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TSO (The Stationery Office)

At present, there is no legislation in place in Scotland to stop shops of any size from trading on any day of the year. These notes relate to the Christmas Day and New Year's Day Trading (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 13) (ISBN 9780105901204) which prohibits large shops from opening for trading on Christmas Day in Scotland unless specifically exempted, with a large shop defined as one with a trading floor area exceeding 280 square metres. It also confers powers on the Scottish Ministers to make it a criminal offence, by order to be approved by the Parliament, for a large shop to trade on New Year's Day, following a consultation, the making of a report and the submission of a statement of reasons to the Parliament.