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Public Holidays Act 1910

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Short Title.

Certain holidays to be observed on a Monday.

Repeal.

Schedule of bank holidays.

Amendment of Factories Act.

Schedule

Public Holidays Act 1910

Public Act		1910 No 71
Date of assent		3 December 1910

	Title
1	Short Title.
2	Certain holidays to be observed on a Monday.
3	Repeal.
4	Schedule of bank holidays.
5	Amendment of Factories Act.
	Schedule

An Act to make Better Provision for the Observance of certain Days as Public Holidays.

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1 Short Title.

This Act may be cited as the Public Holidays Act, 1910.

2 Certain holidays to be observed on a Monday.

Where in any Act or in any award or industrial agreement reference is made—

(a.)

To Labour Day, such reference shall hereafter be deemed to be to the fourth Monday in October, and not to the second Wednesday in October:

(b.)

To Dominion Day, such reference shall hereafter be deemed to be to the fourth Monday in September:

(c.)

To the Sovereign’s birthday, such reference shall hereafter be deemed to be to the next succeeding Monday when such birthday falls on a Sunday:

(d.)

To Christmas Day or New Year’s Day, such reference shall, when those days fall on a Sunday, hereafter be deemed to be to the next succeeding Monday, and in that case any reference to Boxing Day shall be deemed to be to the next succeeding Tuesday.

3 Repeal.

(1.)

Section fourteen of the Labour Department and Labour Day Act, 1908, is hereby repealed.

(2.)

Section one of the same Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “and Labour Day.”

4 Schedule of bank holidays.

The Third Schedule to the Banking Act, 1908, is hereby repealed, and the Schedule hereto substituted in lieu thereof.

5 Amendment of Factories Act.

Section thirty-five of the Factories Act, 1908, is hereby amended by omitting the proviso to paragraph (a), and substituting the following:—

“Provided that when Christmas Day and New Year’s Day fall on a Sunday, then the holiday shall be allowed on the next succeeding Monday.”

Schedule

New Year’s Day.

Good Friday.

The day after Good Friday, Easter Monday. Christmas Day.

The day after Christmas Day.

The Sovereign’s birthday.

Dominion Day.

Labour Day.

The 17th day of March, in celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day.

The 23rd day of April, in celebration of Saint George’s and Saint David’s Day.

The 30th day of November, in celebration of Saint Andrew’s Day.

Public Holidays Act 1910