Authorization of Sunday shopping in local service districts
(a)
twenty-five or more residents of a local service district who are qualified to vote under the
Elections Act petition the Minister to authorize the operation of retail businesses on the weekly day of rest in the area, or
(b)
the Minister is of the opinion that the residents of a local service district ought to consider the authorization of the operation of retail businesses on the weekly day of rest in the area,
the Minister shall within thirty days call a meeting as prescribed by regulation of the residents of the area who are qualified to vote under the
Elections Act.
27.7(2)The Minister may issue a permit authorizing the operation of retail businesses on the weekly day of rest in a local service district if, at the meeting held under subsection (1),
(ii)
thirty per cent ofthe people,
who are eligible under subsection (1) to attend the meeting, whichever is lesser, are in attendance, and
(b)
a majority of those in attendance decides in favour of authorizing the operation of retail businesses on the weekly day of rest in the area.
27.7(3)The Minister may issue a permit under subsection (2) subject to such conditions as the Minister considers appropriate, if the conditions were considered at the meeting held under subsection (1).
27.7(4)The Minister may only amend, suspend or revoke a permit issued under subsection (2) if petitioned to do so in accordance with subsection (1), and subsections (1) to (3) apply with the necessary modifications to such a petition.
27.7(5)If a meeting has been held under subsection (1), the Minister may not be petitioned with respect to a permit under this section in relation to the same area for one year after the meeting.
27.7(6)A person who violates or fails to comply with a condition imposed under subsection (3) commits an offence punishable under Part II of the
Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category C offence.
2004, c.24, s.3; 2005, c.7, s.92