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Public Holidays and Shop Trading Reform Acts
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section 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
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ENDNOTES 6
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Public Holidays and Shop Trading
Reform Acts (Amendment) Act 2003 †
[Assented to 2 April 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
appoint Easter Saturday as a public holiday;
and
Victoria
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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
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
After section 6(d) of the Public Holidays Act
1993 insert—
"(da) Easter Saturday;".
4. Holiday entitlements
Section 10(1)(b)(iii) of the Public Holidays Act
1993 is repealed.
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See:
Act No.
119/1993.
Reprint No. 1
as at
19 September
1996
and
amending
Act No.
86/1998.
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PART 3—AMENDMENT TO THE SHOP TRADING REFORM
ACT 1996
5. Definition
In section 3(1) of the Shop Trading Reform Act
1996, in paragraph (a) of the definition of
"ordinary shop closing times", for "Christmas Day
and Good Friday" substitute "Good Friday,
Easter Sunday and Christmas Day".
6. New section 5A inserted
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
recommendation of the Minister, by Order
published in the Government Gazette,
exempt—
(a) a specified shop; or
(b) a specified class of shop; or
(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
exemption under sub-section (1) subject to
any conditions the Governor in Council
thinks fit and specifies in the Order.
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See:
Act No.
38/1996.
Reprint No. 1
as at
12 August
1999
and
amending
Act Nos
44/2001 and
23/2002.
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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
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
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
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
† Minister's second reading speech—
Legislative Council: 4 March 2003
Legislative Assembly: 25 March 2003
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "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."
Endnotes
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