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Public Holidays Amendment Act 1989

COOK ISLANDS

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS AMENDMENT ACT 1989

ANALYSIS

Title
1. Short Title
2. Days to be observed as Public Holidays
3. Island Gospel Day

1989, No. 21

An Act to amend the Public Holidays Ordinance 1949

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Cook Islands in Session assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1. Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Public Holidays Amendment Act 1989 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Public Holidays Ordinance 1949 (hereinafter referred to as "the Ordinance").

2. Days to be observed as Public Holidays

Section 2 of the Ordinance (as amended by the Public Holidays Amendment Act 1970-71) is amended by -

(a) inserting before the words "Gospel Day", the words "Cook Islands".

3. Island Gospel Day

The Ordinance is further amended by adding after section 2, the following new section -

"2A. Island Gospel Day
(1) There shall be observed in each island of the Cook Islands a public holiday, to be known as Island Gospel Day, to commemorate the arrival of the Christian gospel in each of those islands.
(2) The Island Gospel Day for each island shall be declared by the Queen's Representative by Order In Executive Council, and different days may be so declared in respect of different islands.
(3) In determining the day to be declared as Island Gospel Day for each island, regard shall be had to the wishes of the Island Council of the island affected.
(4) If an Island Gospel Day falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, Island Gospel Day shall be observed on the following Monday.
(5) Island Gospel Day shall be known on each island as "...... Gospel Day", (those words being proceeded by the name of that island).

This Act is administered by the Justice Department.

RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS: Printed under the authority of the Cook Islands Government, by T. KAPI, Government Printer - 1989