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PUBLIC AND BANK HOLIDAYS AMENDMENT BILL 2004

                     Western Australia



Public and Bank Holidays Amendment Bill 2004

                       CONTENTS

 1.   Short title                         1
 2.   Commencement                        2
 3.   The Act amended                     2
 4.   Section 6 replaced                  2
 5.   Section 10 amended                  2




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                      LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY



Public and Bank Holidays Amendment Bill 2004


                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:


1.      Short title
        This Act may be cited as the Public and Bank Holidays
        Amendment Act 2004.




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     2.             Commencement
                    This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the
                    Royal Assent.
     3.             The Act amended
5                   The amendments in this Act are to the Public and Bank
                    Holidays Act 1972*.
                    [* Reprinted as at 4 January 2002.
                       For subsequent amendments see Western Australian
                       Legislation Information Tables for 2003, Table 1, p. 309.]
10   4.             Section 6 replaced
                    Section 6 is repealed and the following section is inserted
                    instead --
     "
            6.            Saturdays to be bank holidays
15                        Saturday shall be a bank holiday throughout the State.
                                                                                      ".
     5.             Section 10 amended
          (1)       Section 10(1) is amended by deleting "be closed" and inserting
                    instead --
20                    "   close their premises to the public   ".
          (2)       Section 10(2) is repealed and the following subsection is
                    inserted instead --
                "
                    (2)   A bank in the State is not required to close its premises
25                        to the public on a Saturday, if that Saturday --
                            (a) is a bank holiday by virtue of section 6; and
                            (b) is not a bank holiday or public holiday under
                                  any other section.
                                                                                      ".




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