Bank Holidays Act 1970 (WA)

1970.] Bank Holidays. [No. 13.

BANK HOLIDAYS.

No. 13 of 1970.

AN ACT to Consolidate the Law relating to Bank

Holidays.

[Assented to 29th April, 1970.]

RE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council and the Legislative

Assembly of Western Australia, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the

same, as follows:—

1. This Act may be cited as the Bank Holidays Short title.

Act, 1970.

(1) The Acts mentioned in the First Schedule

to this Act to the extent therein expressed to be

repealed are hereby repealed accordingly.

Repeal First

Schedule.

(2) The provisions of sections fifteen and sixteen

of the Interpretation Act, 1918, apply in respect of

the repeals effected by subsection (1) of this section

2.

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but the express application of those provisions does not exclude the application of the other provisions of that Act, to this Act.

Bank

Subject to this Act, the several days specified in the Second Schedule to this Act shall be kept as close holidays in and by all banks in the State and such days are hereinafter in this Act called bank holidays.

Holidays Act 3.

No. 48, Viet.

No. 9. 5. 1.

Power to	4.	(1) The Governor may, by proclamation,
declare every
Saturday a

bank holiday.

declare that as from a day specified in the proclama-

tion, Saturday

(a)	shall be a bank holiday; and
(b)	shall be kept as a close holiday in and by all banks in this State.

Vide

Proclamation (2) A proclamation shall not be made pursuant

212,:g ent to subsection (1) of this section, until the Governor

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will be carried out for keeping all banks in the State open for business until five o'clock on the afternoon of every Friday that is not a bank holiday.

(3) If after a proclamation has been made pur- suant to subsection (1) of this section, the Governor is satisfied that the arrangements referred to in subsection (2) of this section have ceased to operate the Governor may, by proclamation, declare that as from a day specified in the proclamation Saturday shall cease to be a bank holiday.

(4) This section does not apply to any agency of

a savings bank.

Governor to	Power of	5. (1) The Governor may, from time to time, as a bank holiday either throughout the State or in
appoint	by proclamation appoint a special day to be observed
hpolidays ank	secial b

Viet. No. 9 any part thereof, or in any city, town or district	Act No. 48
Act No. 2 of
1953, s. 2 and therein.
Act No. 30 of
1918. s. 32.

(2) Any day so appointed shall be kept as a close holiday in and by all banks in the locality specified in the proclamation.

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(3) When a proclamation is made pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the Governor may, from time to time, vary or cancel it by subsequent proclamation published in the Government Gazette at least one week before the day appointed a special day to be observed as a bank holiday in the former proclamation.

6.(1) The Governor may, from time to time, by ra=gt. to

proclamation declare that any day appointed for a litl:gitatyed

bank holiday, in any year by or under this Act shall ff, dayk

not be a bank holiday for that year, and may Ogn'Ton,

appoint another day to be a bank holiday instead, s '-

and the day so appointed shall be a bank holiday

accordingly.

(2) A proclamation made under subsection (1) of this section shall be published in the Gazette at least one week before the day declared in the pro- clamation not to be a bank holiday in any year.

FIRST SCHEDULE. S. 2.

Date and Number Title of Act. Extent of Repeal.

of Act.

48 Victoriae No. 9 Bank Holidays Act, The Whole Act.

1884.

52 Victoriae No. 3 The Bank Holidays The Whole Act.

Act, 1884 Amend-

ment Act, 1888.

63 Victoriae No. 40 Bank Holidays The Whole Act.

Amendment Act,

1899.

17 of 1919 Anzac Day Act, 1919. Delete the passage "in the Schedule to the Bank Holidays Act, 1884, and" in lines two and three of section 3.

26 of 1921 •. Bank Holidays The Whole Act.

Amendment Act,

1921.

44 of 1948 .. The Bank Holidays The Whole Act.

Act Amendment

Act, 1948.

The Bank Holidays The Whole Act.

20 of 1953 .

Act Amendment

Act, 1953.

17 of 1961 . Bank Holidays Act The Whole Act.

Amendment Act,

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S. 3.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Good Friday.

Easter Eve.

Easter Monday.

Anne Day.

Saturday (subject to subsection (3) of Section 4 of this Act).

Anniversary of the Birthday of the reigning Sovereign.

Christmas Day.

The following days when week days

New Years Day.

The twenty-sixth day of December.

When either of the two lastmentioned days falls upon a Sunday, the next following Monday there- after shall be a bank holiday.

Anniversary of the Foundation of the settlement of Aus-

tralia (Foundation Day (26th January) ).

Labour Day (1st March).

Anniversary of the Foundation of the Colony (1st June).

When any of the three lastmentioned bank holidays falls upon any day other than a Monday, the next fol- lowing Monday thereafter shall be a bank holiday instead of such day.