Public and Bank Holidays Amendment Act 1983 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

PUBLIC AND BANK

HOLIDAYS.

No. 53 of 1983.

AN ACT to amend the Public and Bank Holidays

Act 1972-1976.

[Assented to 13 December 1983.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, 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. (1) This Act may be cited as the Public and	Short title
and citation.

Bank Holidays Amendment Act 1983.

(2) In this Act the Public and Bank Holidays tAct g3.63

Act 1972-1976 is referred to as the principal Act. aztegeg bY

of 1976.

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(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act

may be cited as the Public and Bank Holidays Act

1972-1983.

Section 5

amended. 2. Section 5 of the principal Act is amended by

inserting after "specified" the f Cowing

or appointed under the power, ".

Section 8

amended. 3. Section 8 of the principal Act is amended

(a) in subsection (1)-

(i) by deleting "appointed as a public holiday and bank holiday by" and substituting the following-

" referred to in "; and

by deleting "so appointed" and sub-

stituting the following-

" so referred to in that section ";

and

(b) by inserting after subsection (2) the follow- ing subsection

It (3) Where a proclamation is made

under subsection (1) of this section, the Governor may, from time to time, vary or cancel it by subsequent proclama- tion published in the Government Gazette at least three weeks before the first day to be affected thereby. ".

Second

Schedule	4. The Second Schedule to the principal Act is
amended.

amended by deleting "Celebration Day for the Anniversary of the Birthday of the Reigning Sovereign (second Monday in October)." and sub- stituting the following

If Celebration Day for the Anniversary of the

Birthday of the Reigning Sovereign (day to be appointed annually by proclamation published in the Government Gazette at least 3 weeks before the day so appointed). ".