(CMR) Existing businesses with permission to operate under the Sunday Trading Act (2023 Revision) are advised that operations may continue, as usual, on Christmas Eve, Sunday, 24 December 2023, until 11:59 p.m.
While the Act prohibits businesses from opening on Sundays, premises listed in the Schedule to Section (6) of the Sunday Trading Act (pdf)), are exempt:
1 Businesses involved in the provision of goods and services primarily to tourists, including establishments selling souvenirs and duty-free items, tourist accommodations, watersports operators, golf courses and businesses involved in sightseeing activities
2. Druggist shops and dispensaries.
3. Restaurants.
4. Retail businesses involved primarily in the sale of food items and beverages, where such an establishment is less than 4,000 square feet.
5. Hairdressing and beauty salons.
6. Airline and shipping offices.
7. Establishments for the sale of motor fuel or oils, in relation to the sale of those items.
8. Motor vehicle repair shops or service stations, in relation to the sale of those items and of spare parts for motor vehicles.
9. Establishments governed by any Law for the time being in force in the Islands regulating the sale of intoxicating liquor in relation to the sale of intoxicating liquor.
10. Establishments engaged in the sale or supply of funeral caskets or flowers, in relation to the sale or supply of those items.
11. Establishments for the sale of victuals, stores or other necessaries required for a ship or aircraft on arrival at or immediately before departure from a port or airport in the Islands, in relation to the sale of those items.
12. Establishments concerned in the rental of motorcars, motor-cycles or bicycles, or in the rental or charter of boats, in relation to such rentals or charters.
13. Establishments concerned in the provision of such essential services as may be prescribed by the Cabinet by Order.
14. Establishments engaged in the conduct of public film exhibitions in accordance with the hours specified in the Film Exhibition Control Act, 2015 [Law 9 of 2015
For more information, contact the Department of Commerce and Investment by phone at 945-0943 or email [email protected].
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