Holidays Act 1958
A1958-19
Republication No 11
Effective: 1 January 2018
Republication date: 1 January 2018
Last amendment made by A2017‑29
About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Holidays Act 1958 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 1 January 2018. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 1 January 2018.
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at type="disc">
authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.
This republication includes amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register ( For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for an individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
Holidays Act 1958
Contents
Page
1 Name of Act 2
3 Public holidays 2
4 Bank holidays 4
Endnotes
1 About the endnotes 5
2 Abbreviation key 5
3 Legislation history 6
4 Amendment history 9
5 Earlier republications 10
Holidays Act 1958
An Act to make provision with respect to public holidays and bank holidays
Name of Act
This Act is the Holidays Act 1958.
Public holidays
(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (5)—
(a)in any year each of the following days in that year is a public holiday in the ACT:
(i)1 January (New Year’s day), and, if that day falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday;
(ii)26 January (Australia Day), or, if that day falls on a Saturday…