Shops (Hours of Trading) Act, 1938
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Public holidays. |
3.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, each of the following days shall, for the purposes of this Act, be a public holiday, that is to say:— | |
(a) Christmas Day when it falls on a weekday or, when it falls on a Sunday, the 27th day of December, and | ||
(b) St. Stephen's Day when it falls on a weekday or, when it falls on a Sunday, the next following Monday, and | ||
(c) St. Patrick's Day when it falls on a weekday or, when it falls on a Sunday, the next following Monday, and | ||
(d) Easter Monday, Whit Monday, and the first Monday in August. | ||
(2) Whenever in any year a day is appointed under the Public Holidays Act, 1924 (No. 56 of 1924), to be a bank holiday instead of a day mentioned in the next preceding sub-section of this section, the day so appointed shall in that year be deemed to be substituted throughout the said sub-section for the day so mentioned and the said sub-section shall be construed and have effect accordingly. | ||
(3) The Minister may, whenever and so often as he thinks fit, by order under this sub-section amend, in respect of any specified area, sub-section (1) of this section in any one or more of the following ways, that is to say:— | ||
(a) by substituting for the day which is a public holiday by virtue of paragraph (b) of the said sub-section (1), the 1st day of January, or the 6th day of January, | ||
(b) by substituting for Easter Monday, Ascension Thursday, | ||
(c) by substituting for Whit Monday, the Feast of Corpus Christi or the 29th day of June, | ||
(d) by substituting for the first Monday in August, the 15th day of August, | ||
and whenever any such order is made in respect of any specified area, then, so long as such order remains in force, sub-section (1) of this section shall have effect in relation to any shops in such area subject to such amendment. | ||
(4) The Minister may by order under this sub-section amend or revoke any order made by him under this section (including this sub-section). |