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Employment in spells.
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21.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act relating to intervals for meals, the hours of employment of a member of the staff of a shop (other than a refreshment house or a railway bookstall on or adjoining a railway platform) shall not on any date be divided into more than two spells, and the period between any such spells shall not be less than four hours in duration.
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(2) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by order under this sub-section amend in respect of shops (other than refreshment houses or railway bookstalls on or adjoining railway platforms) of a specified class (defined in such manner and by reference to such things as the Minister thinks proper) in a specified area the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section relating to the number of spells into which the hours of employment of a member of the staff of a shop may be divided on any day, and the provisions of the said sub-section relating to the duration of the period between spells, or both such provisions, and in that case so long as such order remains in force the said sub-section shall have effect in respect of such shops subject to such amendment.
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