Commentary on Sections Section 2: Loading and unloading early on Christmas Day
10.Subsection (1) prohibits large shops located in an area designated by a local authority as a loading control area from loading and unloading before 9 a.m. on Christmas Day unless, (a) the relevant local authority has granted consent, and (b) any loading or unloading is carried out in accordance with any conditions attached to that consent.
11.Subsection (2) applies paragraphs 3 to 8 of Schedule 3 to the 1994 Act to any consent granted under subsection (1). Those paragraphs relate to the grant, application for, revocation and publication of any consent to early loading and unloading by a local authority.
12.Subsection (3) provides that a person who breaches the prohibition on loading and unloading shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level three on the standard scale.
13.Subsection (4) defines “loading control area” as an area designated as such under section 2 of the 1994 Act.