Anzac Day Act 1966

3: Observance of Anzac Day

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You observe Anzac Day on a Sunday as you would any other Sunday. If Anzac Day is not on a Sunday, you treat the morning like a Sunday, up to 1 o'clock. After 1 o'clock, you can do things that are allowed on a Saturday afternoon.

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3Observance of Anzac Day

Where Anzac Day falls on a Sunday it shall be observed as a Sunday.
Where Anzac Day does not fall on a Sunday, it shall be observed up to 1 o'clock in the afternoon as if it were a Sunday, and after that hour on that day such activities shall be permitted as may lawfully take place after noon on a Saturday.

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1949 No 15 s 2

Notes

Section 3(2): amended, on 1 August 1990, by section 6(2) of the Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal Act 1990 (1990 No 57).