Public office hours. Regulations

(1) The public offices, including the summary jurisdiction courts, shall be open daily throughout the year except on Saturdays, Sundays, public or bank holidays during such hours as the Minister may from time to time direct, provided that the Minister may from time to time make regulations excluding in whole or in part from the operation of this Act any public office or any department thereof and thereupon all acts and things relating to such public office or department thereof may be done and performed on any public holiday notwithstanding the provisions of this Act. (2) Where by any Act or subsidiary legislation made under such Act, and which is not amended in any particular provision by this Act, any public office is required to be kept open on all days other than a Sunday or public holiday, the reference to a Sunday or public holiday shall include a Saturday, and any act or thing may be done on any day from Monday to Friday which is not a public holiday unless that act or thing is required to be done on a Saturday by any special directive of the Minister, by the Public Service Regulations or by an order of a superior officer in charge of the office. 8 SCHEDULE I Public Holidays [Sections 2, 3, and 9] 1. The first day of January. 24 of 1976. 19 of 1982. 27 of 1985. 2. The ninth day of March (Baron Bliss Day). 3. Good Friday. 4. The day after Good Friday. 5. Easter Monday. 6. The first day of May (Labour Day). 7. The twenty-fourth day of May (Sovereign’s Day) 8. The tenth day of September. 9. The twenty-first day of September (Independence Day). 10. The twelfth day of October (Columbus day or Day of the Americas). 11. The nineteenth day of November (Garifuna Settlement Day). 12. Christmas Day. 13. The twenty-sixth day of December. Holidays 9 SCHEDULE II Bank Holidays [Sections 2 and 5] 1. The first day of January. 24 of 1976. 10 of 1982. 27 of 1985. 2. The ninth day of March (Baron Bliss Day). 3. Good Friday. 4. The day after Good Friday. 5. Easter Monday. 6. The first day of May (Labour Day). 7. The twenty-fourth day of May (Sovereign’s Day). 8. The tenth day of September. 9. The twenty-first day of September (Independence Day). 10. The twelfth day of October (Columbus Day or Day of the Americas). 11. The nineteenth day of November (Garifuna Settlement Day). 12. Christmas Day. 13. The twenty-sixth day of December.