Retail Trading Act 2008 No 49
Table of versions
| Effective date | Publication date | Amendments included | Notes |
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| 20 August 2024 | 20 August 2024 | 2024 No
55 |
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| 13 January 2023 | 13 January 2023 | 2022 No
59 |
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| 28 September 2020 | 28 September 2020 | 2020 No
25 |
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| 25 March 2020 | 25 March 2020 | 2020 No
1 |
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| 14 January 2018 | 14 January 2018 | 2017 No
63 |
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| 25 September 2017 | 25 September 2017 | 2017 No
45 |
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| 27 June 2017 | 27 June 2017 | 2017 No
25 |
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| 19 November 2015 | 19 November 2015 | 2015 No
55 |
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| 01 January 2014 | 01 January 2014 | 2013 No
95 |
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| 01 July 2013 | 01 July 2013 | 2013 No
5 |
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| 08 July 2011 | 08 July 2011 | 2011 No
27 |
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| 31 December 2010 | 31 December 2010 | 2010 No
114 |
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| 29 November 2010 | 29 November 2010 | 2010 No
114 |
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| 01 October 2009 | 01 October 2009 | 2009 No
70 |
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| 10 December 2008 | 10 December 2008 | 2008 No
114 |
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| 30 June 2008 | 30 June 2008 |
Original legislation
Retail Trading Act 2008 No 49
Assented to 30.06.2008.
Previously Shop Trading Act 2008.
Date of commencement, 1.7.2008, sec 2.
Amending legislation
Retail Trading Amendment (Anzac Day Trading Hours) Act 2024 No 55
Assented to 20.08.2024.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2022 No 59
Assented to 26.10.2022.
Date of commencement, 13.1.2023, sec 2.
Better Regulation Legislation Amendment Act 2020 No 25
Assented to 28.09.2020.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.1, assent, sec 2.
COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 No 1
Assented to 25.03.2020.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2017 No 63
Assented to 23.11.2017.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.41, 14.1.2018, sec 2 (3).
Retail Trading Amendment (Boxing Day) Act 2017 No 45
Assented to 25.09.2017.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Electronic Transactions Legislation Amendment (Government Transactions) Act 2017 No 25
Assented to 27.06.2017.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Retail Trading Amendment Act 2015 No 55
Assented to 19.11.2015.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Civil and Administrative Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013 No 95
Assented to 20.11.2013.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2.
Liquor Amendment (Small Bars) Act 2013 No 5
Assented to 19.03.2013.
Date of commencement, 1.7.2013, sec 2 and 2013 (292) LW 21.6.2013.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 No 27
Assented to 27.06.2011.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.46, 8.7.2011, sec 2 (2).
Shop Trading Amendment Act 2010 No 114
Assented to 29.11.2010.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, Sch 1 [1] [3] [4] [7] [12] [13] and [15] excepted, assent, sec 2 (1).
Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1] [3] [4] [7] [12] [13] and [15], 31.12.2010, sec 2 (2).
Shop Trading Amendment Act 2009 No 70
Assented to 01.10.2009.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Industrial Relations Amendment (Jurisdiction of Industrial Relations Commission) Act 2009 No 32
Amending legislation
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 No 15
Assented to 09.06.2009.
The Act was not commenced and was repealed by the Industrial Relations Amendment (Industrial Court) Act 2016 No 48.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2008 No 114
Assented to 10.12.2008.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
History notes
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Long title |
Am 2009 No 70, Sch 1 [1]; 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [1]. |
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Sec 1 |
Am 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [2]. |
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Sec 3 |
Am 2009 No 70, Sch 1 [2]; 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [3]; 2017 No 63, Sch 4.41 [1] [2]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.62; 2024 No 55, Sch 1[1]. |
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Sec 3A |
Ins 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [1]. |
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Part 2, heading |
Am 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [4]. |
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Sec 4 |
Am 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [5]; 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [2]; 2024 No 55, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 5 |
Am 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [3]. |
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Sec 6A |
Ins 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [6]. |
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Part 3, heading |
Am 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [7]. |
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Sec 7 |
Am 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [8]; 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [4] [5]. |
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Sec 8A |
Ins 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [6]. |
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Sec 8B |
Ins 2020 No 1, Sch 2.19. Rep 2022 No 59, Sch 2.39. |
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Sec 9 |
Am 2013 No 5, Sch 2.2. |
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Sec 10 |
Subst 2009 No 70, Sch 1 [3]. |
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Sec 11 |
Subst 2009 No 70, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2020 No 25, Sch 4.1[1] [2]. |
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Secs 11A–11C |
Ins 2009 No 70, Sch 1 [3]. |
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Sec 12 |
Am 2009 No 70, Sch 1 [4] [5]; 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [9] [10]; 2013 No 95, Sch 2.132 [1] [2]. |
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Sec 13 |
Am 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [11]; 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [7] [8]. |
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Part 3A |
Ins 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [12]. |
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Secs 14A, 14B |
Ins 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [12]. |
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Sec 14C |
Ins 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [12]. Am 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [9]. |
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Sec 14CA |
Ins 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [10]. |
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Sec 14D |
Ins 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [12]. Am 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [11] [12]. |
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Sec 14E |
Ins 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [10]. Am 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [13]; 2024 No 55, Sch 1[3]. |
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Sec 14F |
Ins 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [12]. Am 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [14] [15]. |
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Secs 14G–14K |
Ins 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [12]. |
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Sec 14L |
Ins 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [12]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.132 [3]. |
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Sec 15 |
Am 2009 No 70, Sch 1 [6]; 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [13]. |
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Sec 16 |
Subst 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [16]. |
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Sec 18 |
Am 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [14]. |
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Sec 19 |
Am 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [15]. |
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Sec 20 |
Am 2009 No 70, Sch 1 [7]; 2017 No 63, Sch 4.41 [1]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.62. |
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Sec 21 |
Am 2017 No 25, Sch 1.31 [1] [2]. |
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Sec 22A |
Ins 2009 No 70, Sch 1 [8]. Am 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [17]. |
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Sec 22B |
Ins 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [16]. |
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Secs 24, 25 |
Rep 2008 No 114, Sch 4. |
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Sec 26 |
Subst 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [18]. Rep 2017 No 45, sec 3 (1). |
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Sec 27 |
Ins 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [18]. Rep 2017 No 45, sec 3 (2). |
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Sch 1 |
Am 2011 No 27, Sch 2.46. |
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Sch 2 |
Am 2009 No 70, Sch 1 [9]–[11]; 2010 No 114, Sch 1 [17] [18]; 2017 No 45, sec 3 (3); 2020 No 25, Sch 4.1[3]; 2024 No 55, Sch 1[4]. |
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Sch 3 |
Rep 2008 No 114, Sch 4. Ins 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [19]. Rep 2017 No 45, sec 3 (2). |
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Sch 4 |
Ins 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [19]. Rep 2017 No 45, sec 3 (2). |
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The whole Act (except Sch 2) |
Am 2017 No 63, Sch 4.41 [3] (“Director-General” and “Director-General‘s” omitted wherever occurring, “Secretary” and “Secretary‘s” inserted instead, respectively. |
Retail Trading Bill 2008
More information on the passage of this Bill through Parliament, including links to the second reading speech and Legislation Review Committee report, is available via the Bills tab on the Parliament website.
| Introduced (LC): 06 June 2008 | Bill (and Explanatory Note) - unavailable |
| 2nd Reading (LA): 06 June 2008 | |
| Assent: 30 June 2008 |  2008 No 49
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