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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Public Holidays and Shop Trading Reform Acts
(Amendment) Act 2003
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 1
1. Purposes 1
2. Commencement 2
PART 2--AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ACT 1993 3
3. Public holidays 3
4. Holiday entitlements 3
PART 3--AMENDMENT TO THE SHOP TRADING REFORM
ACT 1996 4
5. Definition 4
6. New section 5A inserted 4
5A. Special exemptions from Easter Sunday closing 4
ENDNOTES 6
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Initiated in Council 27 February 2003
A BILL
to amend the Public Holidays Act 1993 to appoint Easter Saturday as
a public holiday and to amend the Shop Trading Reform Act 1996 to
generally require that shops be closed on Easter Sunday and for other
purposes.
Public Holidays and Shop Trading
Reform Acts (Amendment) Act 2003
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1. Purposes
The purposes of this Act are--
(a) to amend the Public Holidays Act 1993 to
5 appoint Easter Saturday as a public holiday;
and
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(b) to amend the Shop Trading Reform Act
1996 to generally require that shops be
closed on Easter Sunday.
2. Commencement
5 This Act comes into operation on the day after the
day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
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PART 2--AMENDMENT TO THE PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ACT
1993
3. Public holidays
See: After section 6(d) of the Public Holidays Act
Act No.
5 1993 insert--
119/1993.
Reprint No. 1
"(da) Easter Saturday;".
as at
19 September
1996
and
amending
Act No.
86/1998.
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4. Holiday entitlements
Section 10(1)(b)(iii) of the Public Holidays Act
1993 is repealed.
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PART 3--AMENDMENT TO THE SHOP TRADING REFORM
ACT 1996
5. Definition
See:
In section 3(1) of the Shop Trading Reform Act Act No.
5 1996, in paragraph (a) of the definition of 38/1996.
Reprint No. 1
"ordinary shop closing times", for "Christmas Day as at
and Good Friday" substitute "Good Friday, 12 August
1999
Easter Sunday and Christmas Day". and
amending
Act Nos
44/2001 and
23/2002.
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6. New section 5A inserted
10 After section 5 of the Shop Trading Reform Act
1996 insert--
"5A. Special exemptions from Easter Sunday
closing
(1) The Governor in Council may, on the
15 recommendation of the Minister, by Order
published in the Government Gazette,
exempt--
(a) a specified shop; or
(b) a specified class of shop; or
20 (c) shops in a specified area--
from the requirement under section 5 to be
closed and kept closed during all times on
Easter Sunday.
(2) The Governor in Council may grant an
25 exemption under sub-section (1) subject to
any conditions the Governor in Council
thinks fit and specifies in the Order.
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(3) The Minister may, by notice published in the
Government Gazette, issue guidelines setting
out, among other things, the matters that the
Minister may consider in determining
5 whether to recommend the making of an
Order under this section.
(4) An Order applying to a shop or shops under
this section--
(a) has the effect of modifying, in
10 accordance with the Order, the
application of section 5 in relation to
the shop or shops; and
(b) operates for the period specified in the
Order or, if no period is specified, until
15 it is revoked.
(5) A person to whom a condition of an Order
under this section applies must comply with
the condition.
Penalty: 100 penalty units.".
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Endnotes
ENDNOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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