Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC AND BANK HOLIDAYS ACT 1972 - SECT 7

7 .         Special public or bank holidays and half-holidays

        (1)         The Governor may, from time to time, by proclamation — 

            (a)         appoint a special day specified in the proclamation to be a public holiday or bank holiday, or both;

            (b)         appoint any part of any special day specified in the proclamation to be a public half-holiday,

                in any year either throughout the State or within such district or locality as is specified in the proclamation, and in that case the special day or part thereof shall accordingly be a public holiday or bank holiday, or both, or public half-holiday, as the case may be.

        (2)         Where a proclamation is made under subsection (1), the Governor may, from time to time, vary or cancel it by subsequent proclamation published in the Government Gazette at least 3 weeks before the special day specified in the former proclamation.