Updated to 17 April 2024 (Act No. 9 of 2024 and S.I. No. 162 of 2024)

Contents

Commencement

SectionCommencement DateCommencement Information
Whole Act 16 May 1938 Shops (Hours of Trading) Act, 1938 (Commencement) Order 1938 (S.I. No. 81 of 1938), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How AffectedAffecting Provision
Saver for orders under 7/1985, ss. 1 (6), 10 (3), sch. 2
  S. I. No. 410 of 1985, art. 2 (b), sch., par. 6
S. 5(2) references construed 13/2021, s. 4(1), schedule 1
S. 15 constr. refs. 20/2007, ss. 1(2), 75(2)
S. 25(1)(b) constr. refs. 20/2007, ss. 1(2), 75(2)
S. 34(1)(b) constr. refs. 20/2007, ss. 1(2), 75(2)
S. 35(1)(b) constr. refs. 20/2007, ss. 1(2), 75(2)
Pt. 6 (ss. 54-62) appl. 3/1958, s.15
Sch. 2, para. 3 constr. refs. 20/2007, ss. 1(2), 75(2)

SIs made under the Act

SectionSIs made under the Act
Whole Act  Hairdressing Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) (Borough of Dun Laoghaire) Order 1948 (S.I. No. 7 of 1948)
S. 10 Shops (Form of Half-Holiday Notice) (No. 2) Regulations 1938 (S.I. No. 187 of 1938)
  Shops (Form of Half-Holiday Notice) Regulations 1938 (S.I. No. 95 of 1938)
S. 16(3) Shops (Hours of Trading) Act, 1938 (Part II) (Exempted Businesses) Order 1940 (S.I. No. 304 of 1940)
  Shops (Hours of Trading) Act, 1938 (Part II) (Exempted Businesses) Order 1938 (S.I. No. 264 of 1938)
S. 22(2) Shops (Hours of Trading) Act, 1938 (Part III) (Exempted Business) (Exclusion) Order 1947 (S.I. No. 363 of 1947)
S. 22(3) Shops (Hours of Trading) Act, 1938 (Part III) (Exempted Business) Order 1948 (S.I. No. 137 of 1948)
  Shops (Hours of Trading) Act, 1938 (Exempted Business For Purposes of Part III) Order 1947 (S.I. No. 365 of 1947)
  Shops (Hours of Trading) Act, 1938 (Part III) (Exempted Business) Order 1940 (S.I. No. 305 of 1940)
S. 25 Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) Order 1947 (Revocation) Order 1952 (S.I. No. 355 of 1952)
  Hairdressing Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) (County Borough of Dublin) Order 1949 (S.I. No. 240 of 1949)
  Hairdressing Shops (Hours of Trading) (County Borough of Cork) Order 1948 (S.I. No. 338 of 1948)
  General Drapery and Footwear Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) (Castlerea) Order 1948 (S.I. No. 309 of 1948)
  Hairdressing Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) (County Borough of Waterford) Order 1948 (S.I. No. 176 of 1948)
  Victuallers' Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) (Dublin, Dun Laoghaire and Bray) Order 1948 (S.I. No. 175 of 1948)
  Hairdressing Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) (County Borough of Limerick) Order 1948 (S.I. No. 36 of 1948)
  Hairdressing Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) (Urban District of Dundalk) Order 1948 (S.I. No. 6 of 1948)
  Drapery, Footwear and Hardware Shops (Hours of Trading on Week-Days) (Athlone Urban District) Order 1947 (S.I. No. 399 of 1947)
  Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) Order 1947 (S.I. No. 362 of 1947)
  Hardware, Drapery and Boot Shops (Hours of Trading on Week-Days) (Drogheda and Dundalk) Order 1947 (S.I. No. 245 of 1947)
  Barbers' Shops (Hours of Trading on Week-Days) (Athlone Urban District) Order 1946 (S.I. No. 295 of 1946)
  Drapery and Boot Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) (Longford Urban District) Order 1946 (S.I. No. 147 of 1946)
  Drapery and Boot Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) (Westport) Order 1945 (S.I. No. 334 of 1945)
  Barbers' Shops (Hours of Trading on Week-Days) (Dublin City) Order 1944 (S.I. No. 276 of 1944)
  Drapery and Boot Shops (Hours of Trading on Week-Days) (Wexford Borough) Order 1944 (S.I. No. 275 of 1944)
  Boot-Repairing Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) (Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire and Bray) Order 1939 (S.I. No. 19 of 1939)
  Victuallers' Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) (Dublin City) Order 1938 (S.I. No. 303 of 1938)
S. 25(3) General Drapery and Footwear Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) (Castlerea) Order, 1948 (Amendment) Order 1949 (S.I. No. 221 of 1949)
S. 27(1) Drapery and Footwear Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) (Urban District of Ballinasloe) Order 1955 (Suspensory) Order 1957 (S.I. No. 262 of 1957)
  Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) Order 1947 (Suspensory) (No. 2) Order 1952 (S.I. No. 287 of 1952)
  Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) Order 1947 (Suspensory) Order 1952 (S.I. No. 176 of 1952)
  Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) Order 1947 (Suspensory) (No. 2) Order 1951 (S.I. No. 243 of 1951)
  Shops (Hours of Trading on Weekdays) Order 1947 (Suspensory) Order 1951 (S.I. No. 197 of 1951)
S. 33(1) Shops (Hours of Trading) Act, 1938 (Part IV) (Exempted Area) Order 1938 (S.I. No. 188 of 1938)
S. 31(3) Shops (Hours of Trading) Act, 1938 (Part IV) (Exempted Business) Order 1940 (S.I. No. 306 of 1940)
S. 34 Hairdressing Shops (Sunday Trading) (Dublin City) Order 1953 (S.I. No. 37 of 1953)