Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Waitaki Easter Trading) Amendment Bill

Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Waitaki Easter Trading) Amendment Bill EXPLANATORY NOTE This bill seeks to address the anomaly that occurs within parts of the Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago areas, where Queenstown has an exemption to trade over Easter, but other towns do not. GENERAL POLICY STATEMENT The purpose of the Bill is to allow all retailers within districts covered by the Waitaki Electorate to trade on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. CLAUSE BY CLAUSE ANALYSIS Clause 1 is the Title clause. Clause 2 is the commencement clause and provides that the Bill comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. Clause 3 states that the Bill amends the Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal Act 1990 (the principal Act ). Clause 4 is the interpretation clause. Clause 5 inserts new section 4B to allow all retailers within districts covered by the Waitaki Electorate to trade on Good Friday or Easter Sunday. Clause 6 adds new Schedule 2 to the principal Act. The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: 1 Title This Act is the Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Waitaki Easter Trading) Amendment Act 2010 . 2 Commencement This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. 3 Principal Act amended This Act amends the Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal Act 1990. 4 Interpretation Section 2 is amended by inserting the following definition in its appropriate alphabetical order: territorial authority means a territorial authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2002 . 5 New section 4B inserted The following section is inserted after section 4A: 4B Certain shops may remain open on Good Friday and Easter Sunday Section 3(1) does not apply to a shop on Good Friday or Easter Sunday if the shop is located in the district of a territorial authority listed in Schedule 2 . 6 New Schedule 2 added Schedule 2 as set out in the Schedule to this Act is added. New Schedule 2 added 2 s 4B Territorial authorities for the purposes of section 4B Central Otago District Council Mackenzie District Council Queenstown-Lakes District Council Timaru District Council Waimate District Council Waitaki District Council 2 Territorial authorities for the purposes of section 4B