S.I. No. 341/1974 - Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 (Public Holiday) Regulations, 1974.


S.I. No. 341 of 1974.

HOLIDAYS (EMPLOYEES) ACT, 1973 (PUBLIC HOLIDAY) REGULATIONS, 1974.

I, MICHAEL O'LEARY, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the power conferred on me by section 14 of, and paragraph 1 (e) of the Schedule to, the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 (No. 25 of 1973), hereby make the following regulations :

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 (Public Holiday) Regulations, 1974.

2. The first day of January if falling on a week day or, if not, the next day is hereby appointed to be a public holiday for the purposes of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 (No. 25 of 1973).

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 22nd day of November, 1974.

MICHAEL O'LEARY,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Regulation appoints the first day of January to be a public holiday for the purposes of the Holidays (Employees) Act, 1973 .