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Serial
86
Public Holidays Amendment Bill
2023
Mr
Kirby
A Bill for an Act to amend the Public Holidays Act 1981 and repeal the Public Holidays Regulations 1984
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AMENDMENT ACT 2023
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Act No. [ ] of 2023
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Table of provisions
10 Notice of appointed public holidays – less than 28 days
11 Regulations
NORTHERN
TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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Act No. [ ] of 2023
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An Act to amend the Public Holidays Act 1981 and repeal the Public Holidays Regulations 1984
[Assented to [ ] 2023]
[Introduced [ ] 2023]
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:
Part
1 Preliminary
matters
1 Short
title
This Act may be cited as the Public Holidays Amendment Act 2023.
This Act commences on the day after the day on which the Administrator's assent to this Act is declared.
Part
2 Amendment of Public Holidays Act
1981
3 Act
amended
This Part amends the Public Holidays Act 1981.
4 Section 4 repealed (Interpretation)
Section 4
repeal
5 Section 9 amended (Notice of appointed public holidays)
Section 9
omit
A notice under section 6 or 7 shall
insert
Subject to section 10, a notice under section 6 or 7 must
Sections 10 to 17
repeal, insert
10 Notice of appointed public holidays – less than 28 days
(1) Subsection (2) applies in relation to a day or part of a day if:
(a) the Australian Prime Minister and the Premier or Chief Minister of each State and Territory agree that the day or part of the day should be observed as a public holiday nationally; and
(b) as soon as practicable after the agreement mentioned in paragraph (a), the Chief Minister advises the Minister in writing to appoint the day or part of the day to be a public holiday; and
(c) the agreement mentioned in paragraph (a) is reached less than 28 days before the day or part of the day.
(2) Despite section 9, a notice under section 6 appointing the day or part of the day to be a public holiday may be published in the Gazette less than 28 days before the day or part of the day.
The Administrator may make regulations under this Act.
Note for section 11
See section 65 of the Interpretation Act 1978.
7 Schedule 2 amended (Public Holidays)
(1) Schedule 2, after entry for "The Saturday following Good Friday"
insert
The Sunday following Good Friday
(2) Schedule 2
omit
26 December (Boxing Day) or, if that day falls on a Saturday, the following Monday or, if 26 December falls on a Sunday or Monday, the following Tuesday
insert
26 December (Boxing Day) and:
(a) if that day falls on a Saturday – the following Monday; or
(b) if that day falls on a Sunday or Monday – the following Tuesday
Part
3 Repeals
8 Regulations
repealed
The Regulations specified in the Schedule are repealed.
Part 4 Repeal
of
Act
9 Repeal
of Act
This Act is repealed on the day after it commences.
section 8
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Public Holidays Regulations 1984
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Subordinate Legislation No. 63 of
1984
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Amendment of the Public Holidays
Regulations
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Subordinate Legislation No. 34 of
1985
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Amendment of the Public Holidays Regulations
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Subordinate Legislation No. 53 of
1986
|
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Amendment of the Public Holidays
Regulations
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Subordinate Legislation No. 20 of
1988
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Amendment of the Public Holidays
Regulations
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Subordinate Legislation No. 54 of
1988
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Amendments of the Public Holidays Regulations
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Subordinate Legislation No. 17 of
1990
|
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Amendment of Public Holidays Regulations
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Subordinate Legislation No. 45 of
1991
|
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Amendment of Public Holidays Regulations
|
Subordinate Legislation No. 54 of
1996
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