The Shop Trading Hours Act 1977 prescribes certain trading restrictions for non-exempt shops on public holidays and other key dates that aren’t always a public holiday. This page will be updated if any exemptions are declared to permit or extend trading on a particular public holiday.
Any exemption to trade is subject to conditions:
- normal trading hours prescribed by section 13 of the Act shall apply at all other times
- all employees working during these extended hours will do so on a strictly voluntary basis
- any and all relevant industrial instruments are to be complied with
- all work health and safety issues (in particular those relating to extended trading hours) must be appropriately addressed.
2022 holiday shop trading hours
- CBD: Central Business District Tourist Precinct.
- Metro: Metropolitan Shopping District and Glenelg Tourist Precinct.
- Hardware etc: shops in all Shopping Districts selling hardware and building materials, furniture, floor coverings, motor vehicle parts and accessories.
- Proclaimed Districts: Millicent, Binnum and Grace (Mallala).
Australia Day
An exemption has been declared for the Australia Day public holiday that will enable non-exempt shops in the Metropolitan Shopping District and Glenelg Tourist Precinct (the Adelaide suburban area) to trade.
The Shop Trading Hours Act 1977 (SA) already permits trading in the Adelaide CBD on most public holidays which includes the Australia Day public holiday.
| CBD | Metro | Hardware etc | Proclaimed Districts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 26 January 2022 | 11am to 5pm | 11am to 5pm | 9am to 5pm | CLOSED |
Adelaide Cup Day
An exemption has been declared for the Adelaide Cup Day public holiday that will enable non-exempt shops in the Metropolitan Shopping District (the Adelaide suburban area) and Glenelg Tourist Precinct to trade and extends the trading hours for the CBD.
| CBD | Metro | Hardware etc | Proclaimed Districts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, 14 March 2022 | 9am to 5pm | 9am to 5pm | 9am to 5pm | CLOSED |
Easter
Friday 15 April 2022 to Monday 18 April 2022
An exemption has been declared for Easter Monday that will enable non-exempt shops (excluding car and boat dealerships) in the Metropolitan Shopping District and Glenelg Tourist Precinct (the Adelaide suburban area) to trade. Car and boat dealerships have been provided with an exemption to trade on Easter Saturday.
| CBD | Metro | Hardware etc | Proclaimed Districts | Car & boat dealerships | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Friday | CLOSED | CLOSED | CLOSED | CLOSED | CLOSED |
| Easter Saturday | until 5pm | until 5pm | until 5pm | CLOSED | until 5pm |
| Easter Sunday | 11am to 5pm | CLOSED | 9am to 5pm | CLOSED | CLOSED |
| Easter Monday | 11am to 5pm | 11am to 5pm | 9am to 5pm | CLOSED | CLOSED |
Anzac Day
| CBD | Metro | Hardware etc | Proclaimed Districts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, 25 April 2022 | 12 noon to 5pm | CLOSED | 12 noon to 5pm | CLOSED |
Queen's Birthday
| CBD | Metro | Hardware etc | Proclaimed Districts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, 13 June 2022 | 11am to 5pm | CLOSED | 9am to 5pm | CLOSED |
Labour Day
| CBD | Metro | Hardware etc | Proclaimed Districts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, 3 October 2022 | 11am to 5pm | CLOSED | 9am to 5pm | CLOSED |
Christmas & New Year
The statutory shop trading hours over the 2022/2023 Christmas/New Year period are:
| Day | CBD | Metro | Hardware etc | Proclaimed Districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 25 December 2022 | CLOSED | CLOSED | 9am to 5pm | CLOSED |
| Monday, 26 December 2022 | 11am to 5pm | CLOSED | 9am to 5pm | CLOSED |
| Tuesday, 27 December 2022 | 11am to 5pm | CLOSED | 9am to 5pm | CLOSED |
| Sunday, 1 January 2023 | 11am to 5pm | CLOSED | 9am to 5pm | CLOSED |
| Monday, 2 January 2023 | 11am to 5pm | CLOSED | 9am to 5pm | CLOSED |
We will publish any extension to Christmas shop trading hours as they are announced.