Substituted public holidays
8 Substituted public holidays
S. 8(1) amended by No. 22/2011 s. 3(1).
Subject to section 8A, the Minister, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may—
declare that a day appointed—
as a public holiday under section 6; or
as a public holiday or public half‑holiday under section 7(1)(a); or
as a public holiday or public half‑holiday under this subsection—
is not in a specified year such a holiday; and
appoint—
in the case of a public holiday, another day or 2 half-days;
in the case of a public half‑holiday, another half-day or day;
in the case of 2 public half‑holidays, another day—
as a public holiday or public half‑holiday in that year.
A notice under subsection (1) may be expressed so as to apply—
throughout the whole of the State or in a specified part of the State; or
to all persons to whom and bodies to which this Act applies or to a specified class of person or body; or
as specified in both paragraphs (a) and (b).
S. 8(3) substituted by No. 22/2011 s. 3(2).
The day, half-day or 2 half-days appointed under subsection (1) replaces or replace the public holiday, public half-holiday or public half-holidays for which the day, half-day or 2 half-days was or were substituted.
S. 8(4)–(6) repealed by No. 22/2011 s. 3(2).
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S. 8A inserted by No. 22/2011 s. 4.
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