53Holidays

53 Holidays

(1)  Every statutory holiday specified for the whole State under the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 is to be a holiday throughout the State Service.

(2)  A day or part of a day specified as a statutory holiday in any part of Tasmania under the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 is to be kept as a holiday or part holiday in all offices of the State Service situated within that part.

(3)  [Section 53 Subsection (3) amended by No. 42 of 2012, s. 28, Applied:04 Feb 2013] The Employer may at any time appoint any specified day or specified part of a day to be kept as a holiday or part holiday in the offices of the State Service or in the offices of the State Service in any part of Tasmania.

(4)  [Section 53 Subsection (4) amended by No. 42 of 2012, s. 28, Applied:04 Feb 2013] The Employer or a Head of Agency may require an Agency or part of any Agency to be kept open in the public interest for the whole or any portion of a holiday, and may require the attendance and service of any employee of the Agency during any such holiday.

(5)  [Section 53 Subsection (5) amended by No. 42 of 2012, s. 28, Applied:04 Feb 2013] If an employee has been required by the Employer or the Head of Agency to be in attendance at that Agency during any holiday, the employee is to be granted a holiday on such other occasion as the Employer or Head of Agency determines.