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Christmas Retail Trading

Permanent Christmas trading hours were introduced in 2014 to benefit local businesses and shoppers by providing long-term certainty.
A copy of the gazettal of the change can be found here

Additionally some small additions for this Christmas period have also been approved on top of the permanent hours, the actual opening hours this results in for the coming Christmas period below.

Sunday 4 December 2022 10am to 5pm
Monday 5 - Saturday 10 December 2022  normal trading hours
Sunday 11 December 2022              10am to 5pm
Monday 12 December 2022 normal trading hours
Tuesday 13 December 2022 normal trading hours
Wedneday 14 December 2022  normal trading hours
Thursday 15 December 2022  normal trading hours
Friday 16 December 2022  8am to 9pm
Saturday 17 December 2022  normal trading hours
Sunday 18 December 2022 10am to 5pm
Monday 19 December 2022  8am to 9pm
Tuesday 20 December 2022  8am to 9pm
Wednesday 21 December 2022  8am to 9pm
Thursday 22 December 2022  normal trading hours
Friday 23  December 2022  8am to 9pm
Saturday 24 December 2022 

normal trading hours

Sunday 25 December 2022 Closed (Christmas Day Public Holiday)
Monday 26 December 2022 Closed (Boxing Day Public Holiday)
Tuesday 27 December 2022 10am to 5pm
Wednesday 28 - Saturday 31 December 2022  normal trading hours
Sunday 1 January 2023 Closed (New Year's Day)
Monday 2 January 2023 10am to 5pm
Tuesday 3 January 2023 normal trading hours

Please note: these are the hours that retailers can be open. 
Retailers are not required to open on these days.
Additionally, those businesses that hold a ‘Small Retail Shop Certificate’ can trade 24 hours a day, every day of the year.