Commonwealth Jubilee Observance Act 1950 (WA)

1950.] Commonwealth Jubilee Observance. [No. 31.

COMMONWEALTH JUBILEE OBSERVAN( ;E.

14' and 15' Geo. VI., No. XXXI.

No. 31 of 1950.

AN ACT to provide for the Observance of the Ninth day of May, 1951, as a Public Holiday to Commemorate the Jubilee of the Common- wealth.

[Assented to 29th December, 1950.]

RE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent B 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 Commonwealth Short title.

Jubilee Observance Act, 1950.

Interpreta-

In this Act, unless inconsistent with the con- text, the expression "public holiday" includes a Bank Holiday for the purposes of The Bank Holidays Act, 1884-1948, a Public Service holiday for the pur- poses of the Public Service Act, 1904-1948 and a public holiday for the purposes of the Factories and Shops Act, 1920-1948.	tion.
9th May.

2.

The ninth day of May, 1951, is hereby appointed and declared a public holiday throughout	1951, to be a
public
holiday.
the State.

3.

No. 31.] Commonwealth Jubilee Observance. [1950.

Application

to other	4. Where any Act or regulation, or any award or industrial agreement for the time being in force under the provisions of the Industrial Arbitration Act, 1912-1949, provides for certain specified days or for a certain number of days to be observed or treated as public holidays, or empowers the Gov- ernor, by proclamation or otherwise, to proclaim, appoint or declare any day as a public holiday, such Act, regulation, award or industrial agreement shall be deemed to be amended so as to provide that the ninth day of May, 1951, shall be observed or treated as a public holiday in addition to any other public holidays therein specified, authorised or referred to.
Acts and
Awards.