3(1)The activities or the operation of businesses or industries that are exempt from the application of the Act are as follows:

3(2)Subject to subsections (2.1), (3) and (4), for the purposes of subsection 7.1(1) of the Act, the retail businesses or parts of retail businesses that are exempt from the application of the Act are those retail establishments listed in Column I of Schedule A that fall within the corresponding group of establishments described in “Standard Industrial Classification, 1980, Retail Trade Industries, Division J”, prepared by Statistics Canada and listed in Column 2 of Schedule A.

3(2.1)For the purposes of subsection 7.1(1) of the Act, the weekly days of rest on which the retail businesses or parts of retail businesses referred to in subsection (2) are exempt from the application of the Act are all Sundays commencing on the Sunday immediately preceding New Brunswick Day to and including the second Sunday following Christmas Day, other than a Sunday that is a prescribed day of rest.

3(3)Retail establishments listed in Schedule A are not exempt from the application of the Act under subsection (2) for the purposes of the servicing or repair of automobiles, motor homes, travel trailers, campers, boats or other watercraft, outboard motors, motor bicycles, motor scooters, motorcycles, snowmobiles or other recreational vehicles.

3(4)Retail establishments listed in paragraph (e) or (f) of Schedule A are not exempt from the application of the Act under subsection (2) for the purposes of the sale of tires, batteries, parts or accessories for automobiles, motor homes, travel trailers, campers, boats or other watercraft, outboard motors, motor bicycles, motor scooters, motorcycles, snowmobiles or other recreational vehicles.