Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (OFFENCES) REGULATION 2005 - REG 22

    (1)     For this regulation, a holiday period is—

        (a)     for Christmas–New Year, any of the following periods:

              (i)     if 25 December is a Monday—the period beginning on 22 December and ending on 1 January following;

              (ii)     if 25 December is a Tuesday—the period beginning on 21 December and ending on 1 January following;

              (iii)     if 25 December is a Wednesday—the period beginning on 20 December and ending on 1 January following;

              (iv)     if 25 December is a Thursday—the period beginning on 24 December and ending on 4 January following;

              (v)     if 25 December is a Friday—the period beginning on 24 December and ending on 3 January following;

              (vi)     if 25 December is a Saturday—the period beginning on 24 December and ending on 3 January following;

              (vii)     if 25 December is a Sunday—the period beginning on 23 December and ending on 2 January following; or

        (b)     in any other case—any of the following periods:

              (i)     if a Thursday is a public holiday, except an excluded public holiday—the period beginning on the Wednesday before the public holiday and ending on the following Sunday;

Note     Public holiday and excluded public holiday are defined in s (4).

              (ii)     if a Friday is a public holiday, except an excluded public holiday—the period beginning on the Thursday before the public holiday and ending on the following Sunday;

              (iii)     if a Monday is a public holiday, except an excluded public holiday—the period beginning on the Friday before the public holiday and ending on the Monday;

              (iv)     if a Tuesday is a public holiday, except an excluded public holiday—the period beginning on the Friday before the public holiday and ending on the Tuesday;

              (v)     a period declared by the Minister to be a holiday period for this section;

              (vi)     if 2 or more holiday periods mentioned in subparagraphs (i) to (v) coincide—the period beginning on the 1st day of the 1st holiday period, and ending on the last day of the 2nd or later holiday period.

Example of coinciding holiday periods

Good Friday, and the Saturday and Monday after Good Friday, are public holidays. The holiday period begins on the Thursday before Good Friday and ends on Easter Monday.

    (2)     For subsection (1) (b) (vi), 2 or more holiday periods coincide if the holiday periods overlap or are consecutive holiday periods without any days in between those periods that are not part of a holiday period.

    (3)     A declaration under subsection (1) (b) (v) is a disallowable instrument.

Note     A disallowable instrument must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2001-14" title="A2001-14">Legislation Act

.

    (4)     In this section:

"excluded public holiday"—each of the following is an excluded public holiday :

        (a)     the 2nd Monday in March (Canberra Day);

        (b)     Reconciliation Day;

        (c)     a day, or part of a day, declared under the href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1958-19" title="A1958-19">Holidays Act 1958

, section 3 (1) (b) to be a public holiday;

        (d)     a day declared under that Act, section 3 (2) not to be a public holiday.

"public holiday "means a public holiday under the href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1958-19" title="A1958-19">Holidays Act 1958

except an excluded public holiday.

"Reconciliation Day"—see the href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/1958-19" title="A1958-19">Holidays Act 1958

, section 3 (1) (a) (ix).