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Sunday Working (Scotland) Act 2003

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1 Sunday working: shop and betting workers in Scotland

(1) The Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) is amended as follows. (2) In Section 36 (which provides for “protected” shop workers and betting workers)— (a) in subsection (7), at the beginning there is inserted “ Subject to subsection (8), ”; and (b) after subsection (7) there is added— (8) In any provision of this Act which applies to Scotland by virtue of section 1(5) of the Sunday Working (Scotland) Act 2003 (extension to Scotland of provisions which refer to shop workers and betting workers), “the relevant commencement date” means, in relation to Scotland, the date on which that section came into force. . (3) In section 232 (which relates to shop workers)— (a) in subsection (2), the words “in England or Wales” are repealed. (b) in subsection (7)— (i) in paragraph (a), after the words “intoxicating liquor” there is inserted “ (in Scotland, alcoholic liquor) ”; and (ii) at the end there is added and alcoholic liquor the same meaning as in the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976.” . (4) In section 233 (which relates to betting workers), in each of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2), the words “in England or Wales” are repealed. (5) In section 244(2) (which provides that the provisions of the Act which refer to shop workers and betting workers extend to England and Wales only), for the words “The provisions of this Act which refer to shop workers and betting workers” there is substituted “ Sections 36(2) and (4), 37(1) and (5), 38 and 39 ”.

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1 Sunday working: shop and betting workers in Scotland

(1) The Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) is amended as follows. (2) In Section 36 (which provides for “protected” shop workers and betting workers)— (a) in subsection (7), at the beginning there is inserted “ Subject to subsection (8), ”; and (b) after subsection (7) there is added— (8) In any provision of this Act which applies to Scotland by virtue of section 1(5) of the Sunday Working (Scotland) Act 2003 (extension to Scotland of provisions which refer to shop workers and betting workers), “the relevant commencement date” means, in relation to Scotland, the date on which that section came into force. . (3) In section 232 (which relates to shop workers)— (a) in subsection (2), the words “in England or Wales” are repealed. (b) in subsection (7)— (i) in paragraph (a), after the words “intoxicating liquor” there is inserted “ (in Scotland, alcoholic liquor) ”; and (ii) at the end there is added and alcoholic liquor the same meaning as in the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976.” . (4) In section 233 (which relates to betting workers), in each of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2), the words “in England or Wales” are repealed. (5) In section 244(2) (which provides that the provisions of the Act which refer to shop workers and betting workers extend to England and Wales only), for the words “The provisions of this Act which refer to shop workers and betting workers” there is substituted “ Sections 36(2) and (4), 37(1) and (5), 38 and 39 ”.

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