New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BANKS AND BANK HOLIDAYS ACT 1912 - SECT 19

19 Appointment of special bank holidays

(1) The Governor may, by proclamation published in the Gazette, appoint a special day or part of a special day to be observed as a public holiday or half-holiday throughout New South Wales.

(2) The proclamation is to be published at least 7 days before the public holiday or half-holiday is to be observed.

(3) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, appoint a special day or part of a special day to be observed as a public holiday or half-holiday in any local government area, part of a local government area or other part of New South Wales.

(4) The notice is to be published at least 7 days before the public holiday or half-holiday is to be observed.

(5) If it appears to the Minister that circumstances have arisen making it impractical or inconvenient for a special day or part of a special day appointed by the Minister to be observed as a public holiday or half-holiday, the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette or in a newspaper circulating in the part of New South Wales in which the holiday is to be observed, cancel the appointment and may, if it is appropriate, appoint instead another special day or part of a special day to be observed as a public holiday or half-holiday in the area concerned.

(6) A notice published under subsection (5) is to give as much notice as is practicable in the circumstances.

(7) Any special day or part of a special day appointed to be observed as a public holiday or half-holiday is to be kept as a close holiday or half-holiday in all banks within the area mentioned in the proclamation or notice and, in relation to bills of exchange and promissory-notes payable on the special day or part of a special day so appointed, is to be regarded as a bank holiday or half-holiday in the area.