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WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 611 Definition of public holiday

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 611

Definition of public holiday

                   In this Division:

"public holiday" means:

                     (a)  each of these days:

                              (i)  1 January (New Year's Day);

                             (ii)  26 January (Australia Day);

                            (iii)  Good Friday;

                            (iv)  Easter Monday;

                             (v)  25 April (Anzac Day);

                            (vi)  25 December (Christmas Day);

                           (vii)  26 December (Boxing Day); and

                    (aa)  a day that, under (or in accordance with a procedure under) a law of a State or Territory, is substituted for a day referred to in paragraph (a); and

                     (b)  any other day declared by or under a law of a State or Territory to be observed generally within the State or Territory, or a region of that State or Territory, as a public holiday by people who work in that State, Territory or region, other than:

                             (ii)  a union picnic day; or

                            (iii)  a day, or kind of day, that is excluded by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph from counting as a public holiday.