1 14th April, 1916. Dear Magill, With reference to my note of 25th February
forwarding a copy of a Regulation under the Defence of the
Realm Act about weekly half-holidays for liquor trade
employees, I now send you a copy of an amended Order on
the same subject, together with the accompanying Home Office Circular
to the Local Authorities, which explain themselves. Yours sincerely, George Chrystal
A.P. Magill Esq. 2
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
The 30th day of March, 1916.
PRESENT:
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN
COUNCIL. WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the tenth day of
June, nineteen hundred and fifteen, His Majesty was
pleased to make Regulations (called the Defence of the Realm
(Liquor Control) Regulations, 1915) under the Defence of the
Realm Consolidation Act, 1914, and to issue the same in
pursuance of the Defence of the Realm Amendment (No. 3)
Act, 1915, to take effect in any area to which they should be
applied under the said Amendment Act. And whereas His Majesty have been pleased to apply the
said Regulations and any Regulations amending the same to
divers areas by Orders in Council made under the said Amend-
ment Act: And whereas the said Regulations have been amended by
Orders in Council dated the fourteenth day of October, nineteen
hundred and fifteen, and the fifteenth day of February, nineteen
hundred and sixteen: And whereas it is expedient further to amend the said
Regulations in manner hereinafter appearing: NOW, THEREFORE, His Majesty is pleased, by and with the
advice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered
as follows:— The said Order in Council of the fifteenth day of February,
nineteen hundred and sixteen, is hereby revoked, and for the
paragraph which by that Order was directed to be inserted at
the end of Regulation 2 the following paragraph shall be
substituted: "Where by an Order of the Board the sale of
intoxicating liquor in licensed premises in any area is
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restricted to a total of five and a half hours a day, or
less, the weekly half-holiday required to be given to the
assistants employed in such premises under section 1 of
the Shops Act, 1912, may in the case of assistants whose
employment is wholly or mainly in connection with the
sale of intoxication liquor, begin not later than three
instead of half-past one o'clock in the afternoon, but this
provision shall not apply to any licensed premises in
which any such assistant is employed for more then
sixty-five hours in any week exclusive of meal times.
ALMERIC FITZROY.
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