sec.4Special holidays

### sec.4 Special holidays Subject to subsections (2) and (3) the Minister may by notification published in the Gazette appoint a day or the forenoon or afternoon of a day to be a holiday either throughout the State or within such district as may be specified. A holiday shall not be appointed pursuant to this section in respect of a district unless the Minister has, by a date specified by the Minister, received a notice from the local government for the area in which the district is situated signed by the chief executive officer of that local government requesting that the holiday be appointed. The holiday appointed may be the date requested or another date as the Minister thinks fit. A holiday appointed pursuant to subsection (1) shall be a bank holiday in the district specified in the notification except where the holiday is in respect of an annual agricultural, horticultural or industrial show when it shall also be a public holiday. Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to— a holiday in the City of Brisbane for the annual agricultural show conducted by the Queensland Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association; or a holiday for the Coen Amateur Turf Club’s Annual Race Meeting in respect of the district where Comalco Limited requests that holiday; or a holiday for a district prescribed by regulation. A regulation may appoint a day, or the morning or afternoon of a day, to be a holiday in a district prescribed under subsection (5) (c) . In this section— Comalco Limited means each of the following— Comalco Limited ACN 004 502 694; its successors and assigns. Since the commencement of this Act, Comalco Limited has changed its name to Rio Tinto Aluminium (Holdings) Limited. s 4 amd 1985 No. 87 s 2 ; 1995 No. 4 s 33 sch ; 2009 No. 38 s 30 ; 2010 No. 52 s 28 (sec.4-ssec.1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) the Minister may by notification published in the Gazette appoint a day or the forenoon or afternoon of a day to be a holiday either throughout the State or within such district as may be specified. (sec.4-ssec.2) A holiday shall not be appointed pursuant to this section in respect of a district unless the Minister has, by a date specified by the Minister, received a notice from the local government for the area in which the district is situated signed by the chief executive officer of that local government requesting that the holiday be appointed. (sec.4-ssec.3) The holiday appointed may be the date requested or another date as the Minister thinks fit. (sec.4-ssec.4) A holiday appointed pursuant to subsection (1) shall be a bank holiday in the district specified in the notification except where the holiday is in respect of an annual agricultural, horticultural or industrial show when it shall also be a public holiday. (sec.4-ssec.5) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to— a holiday in the City of Brisbane for the annual agricultural show conducted by the Queensland Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association; or a holiday for the Coen Amateur Turf Club’s Annual Race Meeting in respect of the district where Comalco Limited requests that holiday; or a holiday for a district prescribed by regulation. (sec.4-ssec.6) A regulation may appoint a day, or the morning or afternoon of a day, to be a holiday in a district prescribed under subsection (5) (c) . (sec.4-ssec.7) In this section— Comalco Limited means each of the following— Comalco Limited ACN 004 502 694; its successors and assigns. Since the commencement of this Act, Comalco Limited has changed its name to Rio Tinto Aluminium (Holdings) Limited. - (a) a holiday in the City of Brisbane for the annual agricultural show conducted by the Queensland Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association; or - (b) a holiday for the Coen Amateur Turf Club’s Annual Race Meeting in respect of the district where Comalco Limited requests that holiday; or - (c) a holiday for a district prescribed by regulation. - (a) Comalco Limited ACN 004 502 694; - (b) its successors and assigns.