(1)  The days specified in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 are statutory holidays to be observed as public holidays for the full day in respect of the occasions specified in column 2 of that Part for the areas of the State specified in column 3 of that Part.

(2)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(3)  The Minister, by public notice, may amend Schedule 1 by –

(a) amending an item; and

(b) omitting an item; and

(c) inserting an item.

(4)  Before the Minister exercises any power referred to in subsection (3) , the Minister is to consult with –

(a) the Tasmanian Trades and Labor Council; and

(b) the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and

(c) any employer and any other organisation the Minister considers appropriate.

(5)  If the Minister amends Schedule 1 by public notice under subsection (3) , the Minister is to table the notice in each House of Parliament within 5 sitting days after it is published.

(6)  A notice under subsection (3) that amends, omits or inserts an item that relates to a day is of no effect unless –

(a) it is published in the Gazette not less than 14 days before the day; and

(b) a draft of the notice has been approved by each House of Parliament.

(7)  For the purposes of subsection (6) , a House of Parliament is taken to have approved the draft notice if the draft has been laid on the table of that House and –

(a) the draft is approved by that House; or

(b) at the expiration of 5 sitting-days after the draft was laid on the table of that House, no notice has been given of a motion to disapprove the draft or if such a notice has been given, it has been withdrawn or the motion has been negatived; or

(c) any notice of motion to disallow the draft given during the period of 5 sitting-days after the draft was laid on the table of the House is, after those 5 sitting-days, withdrawn or the motion is negatived.

(8)  A notice under subsection (3) is not a statutory rule within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .