Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

HOLIDAYS ACT 1958 - SECT 4

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2)—

        (a)     any day, or part of a day, that in any year is a public holiday in the ACT or a part of the ACT under section 3 is a bank holiday in the ACT or that part of the ACT; and

        (b)     the 1st Monday in August of each year is a bank holiday in the ACT; and

        (c)     any other day, or a part of any other day that the Minister declares to be a bank holiday in the ACT, or in a part of the ACT stated in the declaration, is a bank holiday in the ACT or that part of the ACT.

    (2)     If the Minister considers it is appropriate that a day mentioned in subsection (1) (a) or (b) should not, in a particular year, be a bank holiday in the ACT, the Minister may declare that the day is not, in that year, a bank holiday.

    (3)     A declaration under subsection (1) (c) or (2) is a notifiable instrument.

Note     A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act

.

    (4)     A declaration under subsection (2) in relation to a day must be notified under the Legislation Act

not later than 1 week before the day.