Public Holidays Amendment Act 2019 (Vic)

Public Holidays Amendment Act 2019

No. 29 of 2019

table of provisions

Section  Page

1Purpose

2Commencement

3Public holidays

4Repeal of amending Act

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Endnotes

1      General information

Public Holidays Amendment Act 2019

No. 29 of 2019

[Assented to 10 September 2019]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

1Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to amend the Public Holidays Act 1993 to make provision for certain public holidays in Victoria.

2Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3Public holidays

(1)After section 6(f) of the Public Holidays Act 1993 insert—

"(fa)Easter Sunday;".

(2)After section 6(i) of the Public Holidays Act 1993 insert—

"(ia)the Friday before the Australian Football League Grand Final;".

(3)For section 6(k) of the Public Holidays Act 1993 substitute—

"(k)25 December (Christmas Day);

(ka)the Monday after Christmas Day when Christmas Day is a Saturday or the Tuesday after Christmas Day when Christmas Day is a Sunday;".

4Repeal of amending Act

This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its commencement.

Note

The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).

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Endnotes

1   General information

See for Victorian Bills, Acts and current authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 30 April 2019

Legislative Council: 20 June 2019

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Public Holidays Act 1993 and for other purposes."