Anzac Day Observance Act 1929

Anzac Day Observance Act 1929

An Act to provide for the fitting observance of Anzac Day as a national holiday and for the Anzac Day Trust and Anzac Day Trust Fund

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART I - General

[Part I Heading Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 2 ]

1.   Short title

This Act may be cited as the Anzac Day Observance Act 1929 .

2.   Anzac Day to be observed as a national holiday

[Section 2 Amended by S.R. 1977, No. 320, s. 3 and Sched. II ]The 25th April in each year shall be observed as a national holiday, and shall be known as "Anzac Day".

PART II - Observance of Anzac Day

[Part II Heading Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ]

3.   Interpretation of Part II

[Section 3 Substituted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Section 3 Amended by S.R. 1977, No. 320, s. 3 and Sched. II ]In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears –

[Section 3 Amended by No. 45 of 2011, s. 5, Applied:07 Dec 2011] bookmaking has the same meaning as in the Racing Regulation Act 2004 ;

children's sports means sports at which all of the participants (other than those engaged therein as judges, umpires, or referees, or in any similar capacity) are either –

(a) persons who have not attained the age of 17 years; or

(b) persons who are receiving full-time primary or secondary education at a school;

[Section 3 Amended by No. 64 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2005]

event, in relation to any sports, means any race, match, game, or other contest that constitutes or takes place at those sports;

[Section 3 Amended by No. 45 of 2011, s. 5, Applied:07 Dec 2011] foreign game has the same meaning as in the Gaming Control Act 1993 ;

[Section 3 Amended by No. 45 of 2011, s. 5, Applied:07 Dec 2011] gaming has the same meaning as in the Gaming Control Act 1993 ;

[Section 3 Amended by No. 45 of 2011, s. 5, Applied:07 Dec 2011] gaming activity has the same meaning as in the Gaming Control Act 1993 ;

[Section 3 Amended by No. 9 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:16 Apr 2003] place of public entertainment means any assembly ground, assembly room, open-air theatre, or theatre within the meaning of Part V of the Public Health Act 1962 as in force immediately before the repeal of that Part by a proclamation made under section 197 of the Public Health Act 1997 ;

[Section 3 Amended by No. 45 of 2011, s. 5, Applied:07 Dec 2011] racecourse has the same meaning as in the Racing Regulation Act 2004 ;

[Section 3 Amended by No. 64 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2005] race meeting has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of the Racing Regulation Act 2004 ;

[Section 3 Amended by No. 21 of 2018, s. 5, Applied:15 Oct 2018] shop has the same meaning as in the Shop Trading Hours Act 1984 ;

sports means any races, matches, games, or other contests;

year means a period of 12 months ending on 31st December.

4.   Sport and entertainment on Anzac Day

[Section 4 Repealed by No. 55 of 1932, s. 2 and First Sched. ][Section 4 Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Section 4 Amended by No. 7 of 1974, s. 2 ][Section 4 Amended by S.R. 1977, No. 320, s. 3 and Sched. I ][Section 4 Subsection (5) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]

(1)  [Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 64 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2005] [Section 4 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 45 of 2011, s. 6, Applied:07 Dec 2011] Racing at a race meeting held on Anzac Day must not commence before 12.30 p.m.

(2)  [Section 4 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 45 of 2011, s. 6, Applied:07 Dec 2011] Any theatrical exhibition or entertainment, or cinematographic exhibition, held in a place of public entertainment on Anzac Day must not commence before 12.30 p.m.

(3)  [Section 4 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 45 of 2011, s. 6, Applied:07 Dec 2011] Any event at sports to which this section applies and that are held on Anzac Day must not commence before 12.30 p.m.

(4)  Subsection (3) applies to sports (other than children's sports) held at any place –

(a) where a fee or charge is made for admission to the place in which the sports are held or to any place for the purpose of viewing the sports; or

(b) where, before, during, or after the sports, donations are sought from persons attending those sports by, or on behalf of, the person or body by, or on whose behalf, those sports are held.

(5)  Any person who –

(a) holds, or causes or permits to be held, any meeting, exhibition, entertainment, or sports contrary to the provisions of this section; or

(b) is a member of the committee or other managing body of, or the secretary of, any association, club, or other body, by or on whose behalf any meeting, exhibition, entertainment, or sports, is or are so held –

is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

4A.   Further restrictions on events on Anzac Day

[Section 4A Inserted by No. 45 of 2011, s. 7, Applied:07 Dec 2011]

(1)  On Anzac Day at any time before 12.30 p.m., a person must not hold, or cause or permit to be held, an agricultural, pastoral or horticultural society's show, bazaar, fete, fair, market or trade exhibition in or at which persons occupy or have the use of barrows, stalls, tables or other similar apparatus from or at which goods are sold, or exposed or offered for sale, by retail.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(2)  Between the hours of 4 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. on Anzac Day, a person must not cause or permit the conduct of –

(a) gaming or a gaming activity, other than a foreign game; or

(b) bookmaking at a racecourse.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

5.   Work in connection with race meetings and sports on Anzac Day

[Section 5 Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Section 5 Subsection (3) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]

(1)  [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 45 of 2011, s. 8, Applied:07 Dec 2011] [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 64 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2005] This section applies to work necessary for, or habitually associated with, the holding of any race meeting, specified event or sports, being work carried out at the place where the meeting, specified event or sports are held, or at a place where persons assemble, or are accommodated, for the purpose of viewing the racing or events taking place at the meeting, specified event or sports.

(2)  Nothing in the contract of employment of any person shall be construed as requiring that person to engage on Anzac Day in work to which this section applies, and notwithstanding anything in that contract of service, his refusal or failure to engage in any such work on Anzac Day shall not be regarded as a breach of that contract.

(3)  Where an employee is ordered or asked by his employer to engage on Anzac Day in work to which this section applies and the employee refuses to engage in that work, the employer shall not penalize him or prejudice him in his employment by reason of his refusal, whether by reduction of his remuneration, termination of his employment, or in any other way.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

(4)  Nothing in this section shall be construed as entitling a person to any remuneration in respect of his absence from work to which he would not be entitled if this section had not been enacted.

(5)  [Section 5 Subsection (5) inserted by No. 45 of 2011, s. 8, Applied:07 Dec 2011] In this section –

specified event means an event or activity referred to in section 4(2) or section 4A .

5A.   Shops, &c., not to open on Anzac Day

[Section 5A Inserted by No. 21 of 2018, s. 6, Applied:15 Oct 2018]

(1)  A person must not cause or allow a shop to be kept open on Anzac Day before 12.30 p.m.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , a shop is kept open if –

(a) the shop is not locked, or otherwise closed, against admission to the public; or

(b) any person in the shop is engaged in the sale of goods, canvassing for orders or delivering goods to customers.

(3)  Despite subsection (2) , if a shop has a common entrance with a factory or warehouse, the shop is not taken to be kept open if that entrance is closed but not locked.

(4)  Notwithstanding subsection (1) , a shop may be kept open before 12.30 p.m. on Anzac Day if the shop –

(a) is a shop, or belongs to a class or group of shops, that the Minister, by notice in accordance with subsections (5) and (6) , has declared may be kept open before 12.30 p.m. on Anzac Day; or

(b) is a pharmacy; or

(c) is a newsagency; or

(d) is not part of a shopping centre, plaza or mall and the number of persons engaged at the shop as employees or otherwise in the conduct of the business of the shop on any day in the immediately preceding March did not exceed 10; or

(e) is a shop –

(i) at which an auction is conducted by a real estate agent, or a general auctioneer, within the meaning of the Property Agents and Land Transactions Act 2016 ; and

(ii) which is used principally for the conduct of such an auction; or

(f) is specified in a liquor licence or liquor permit granted under the Liquor Licensing Act 1990 and is a shop at which liquor is the only or principal class of goods sold; or

(g) is a shop in, or at which, the only or principal business carried on is that of providing meals or cooked food, with or without the accompaniment of any beverage, being either meals or cooked food that are ready for immediate consumption either at the shop or elsewhere; or

(h) is a service station which is used principally for the sale of petroleum products and motor vehicle accessories; or

(i) is a shop in, or at which, the sale of motor vehicles, or the offering or exposing for sale of motor vehicles, occurs or the sale of replacement parts required for essential repairs to motor vehicles occurs.

(5)  In deciding whether or not to make a notice under subsection (4)(a) , the Minister may have regard to such matters as the Minister considers relevant including, but not limited to –

(a) the needs of the relevant community including, but not limited to, organisations that support veterans, and their families, such as the RSL; and

(b) the effect on the relevant community if the shop, or class or group of shops, is not kept open; and

(c) the policy that a notice under this section should not undermine, to any significant degree, the controls on shop trading hours set out in the Shop Trading Hours Act 1984 .

(6)  A notice under subsection (4)(a)  –

(a) is to be published, before the notice is to have effect –

(i) in the Gazette; and

(ii) in at least one daily newspaper circulating generally in each municipal area where a shop, to which the notice relates, operates; and

(iii) on a website that is accessible by the public; and

(b) is not a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

5B.   Person not to be required to work in certain circumstances

[Section 5B Inserted by No. 21 of 2018, s. 6, Applied:15 Oct 2018]

(1)  This section applies to a shop specified in section 5A(4) which is not a shop to which section 5 of the Shop Trading Hours Act 1984 applies.

(2)  A person, whether an employer or not, must not require a person to work before 12.30 p.m. on Anzac Day as an employee in a shop to which this section applies unless the employee agrees, in writing, to that work on that day.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.

(3)  If a body corporate contravenes this section –

(a) each person who is a director of the body corporate or who is concerned in the management of the body corporate is taken to have contravened this section if the person knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention; and

(b) a person may be proceeded against and convicted under this section in accordance with paragraph (a) whether or not the body corporate has been proceeded against or convicted under this section.

(4)  In any proceedings, for an offence against this section, against the occupier of a shop, it is sufficient in the complaint in respect of the offence to allege that a building, a part of a building, or place, or other premises is a shop and to state the name of its ostensible occupier or the style or title under which the occupier is usually known or carries on business, and the complaint may from time to time be amended as to the name of the actual occupier.

(5)  In this section –

occupier, in relation to a shop, has the same meaning as in the Shop Trading Hours Act 1984 .

5C.   Application of Shop Trading Hours Act 1984

[Section 5C Inserted by No. 21 of 2018, s. 6, Applied:15 Oct 2018]

(1)  Section 7 of the Shop Trading Hours Act 1984 applies to a shop, or purported shop, referred to in sections 5A and 5B as if a reference to this Act in section 7 of the Shop Trading Hours Act 1984 were a reference to the Anzac Day Observance Act 1929 .

(2)  A copy of a record or document, or part of a record or document, made under section 7 of the Shop Trading Hours Act 1984 , as applied under subsection (1) , is admissible in proceedings for an offence against section 5A or 5B as evidence of the matters specified in the record or document, or part of the record or document.

PART III - .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

[Part III Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Part III Repealed by No. 36 of 2020, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Nov 2020]

6.   

[Section 6 Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Section 6 Amended by No. 68 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ][Section 6 Amended by No. 58 of 1997, s. 53, Applied:01 May 1998] [Section 6 Amended by No. 64 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2005] [Section 6 Amended by No. 45 of 2011, s. 9, Applied:07 Dec 2011] [Section 6 Repealed by No. 36 of 2020, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Nov 2020] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

7.   

[Section 7 Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Section 7 Amended by S.R. 1977, No. 320, s. 3 and Sched. I ][Section 7 Subsection (2) amended by No. 45 of 2011, s. 10, Applied:07 Dec 2011] [Section 7 Repealed by No. 36 of 2020, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Nov 2020] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

8.   

[Section 8 Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Section 8 Substituted by No. 29 of 1984, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ][Section 8 Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] [Section 8 Repealed by No. 36 of 2020, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Nov 2020] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

9.   

[Section 9 Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Section 9 Subsection (2) amended by No. 64 of 2004, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2005] [Section 9 Subsection (2) amended by No. 45 of 2011, s. 11, Applied:07 Dec 2011] [Section 9 Repealed by No. 36 of 2020, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Nov 2020] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

10.   

[Section 10 Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Section 10 Substituted by No. 51 of 1994, s. 4 ][Section 10 Repealed by No. 36 of 2020, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Nov 2020] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

11.   

[Section 11 Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Section 11 Repealed by No. 36 of 2020, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Nov 2020] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

12.   

[Section 12 Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Section 12 Amended by S.R. 1977, No. 320, s. 3 and Sched. I ][Section 12 Subsection (7) omitted by No. 45 of 2011, s. 12, Applied:07 Dec 2011] [Section 12 Repealed by No. 36 of 2020, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Nov 2020] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

13.   

[Section 13 Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Section 13 Amended by No. 68 of 1994, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ][Section 13 Amended by No. 50 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Mar 2009] [Section 13 Repealed by No. 36 of 2020, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Nov 2020] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

14.   

[Section 14 Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Section 14 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 45 of 2011, s. 13, Applied:07 Dec 2011] [Section 14 Repealed by No. 36 of 2020, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Nov 2020] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

15.   

[Section 15 Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Section 15 Amended by S.R. 1977, No. 320, s. 3 and Sched. I ][Section 15 Subsection (4) amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ][Section 15 Subsection (1) omitted by No. 45 of 2011, s. 14, Applied:07 Dec 2011] [Section 15 Repealed by No. 36 of 2020, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Nov 2020] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

16.   

[Section 16 Inserted by No. 2 of 1970, s. 3 ][Section 16 Substituted by No. 45 of 2011, s. 15, Applied:07 Dec 2011] [Section 16 Repealed by No. 36 of 2020, Sched. 1, Applied:17 Nov 2020] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .