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|document_name = [[c:Act 10 (Public Holidays)|Act 10 (Public Holidays)]]
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|date_created  = October 2008
|date_ratified = October 2008
|location_of_document = [[Imperial Residence#Parliament Hall|Parliament Hall]], [[Wrythe]]
|writer  = [[Terry I, Emperor of Austenasia|HRH Emperor Terry I]]
|amended_by ={{*}}[[Act 23 (3rd Revision to Existing Laws)]]<br>{{*}}[[Act 64 (National Symbols and Animals)]]
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'''Act 10 (Public Holidays)''' of the [[Parliament of Austenasia]] was an [[Acts of Parliament in Austenasia|Act of Parliament]] passed during October 2008 and repealed on 22 September 2011. This Act made laws regarding [[Empire of Austenasia|Austenasian]] [[w:Public holiday|public holidays]].

Act 10 was passed at some point during October 2008. Due to a lack of reliable record-keeping in the early Empire, the exact date that Imperial Consent was given to this Act is unknown.

Law 1 of Act 10 establishes that on public holidays, "no shops are required to open and nobody has to work". Law 2 of [[Act 23 (3rd Revision to Existing Laws)]] replaced this law, defining the effects of a public holiday in the same way but adding the caveat that it would not justify [[Parliament of Austenasia|Parliament]] refusing to "work" on public holidays.

Law 2 listed those days which would be considered public holidays: [[w:New Year's Day|New Year's Day]]; [[w:Good Friday|Good Friday]], [[w:Easter|Easter Day]] and [[w:Easter Monday|Easter Monday]] (calculated using the [[w:Gregorian calendar|Gregorian calendar]] - "to be held on the same day that it is in the United Kingdom"); [[Emperor Day (Austenasia)|Emperor Day]], the birthday of the [[Austenasian Monarchy|Monarch]]; [[Independence Day (Austenasia)|Independence Day]], the third Saturday in September; [[w:Remembrance Day|Remembrance Day]]; and [[w:Christmas|Christmas Day]]. This list was added to by [[Act 64 (National Symbols and Animals)]], which made the feast day of [[w:John the Apostle|St. John the Apostle]] (27 December), patron saint of Austenasia, also a public holiday. Law 3 stated that any [[w:Bank holiday|British bank holiday]] would also be considered an Austenasian public holiday.

As with all Acts of Parliament passed before the implementation of the [[Austenasian Constitution of 2011]], Act 10 was repealed on 22 September 2011, although Act 64 was reaffirmed by Imperial Decree, meaning that the feast day of St. John was technically the only remaining Austenasian public holiday until the passage of the Public Holidays Act 2014. However, all public holidays continued to be popularly observed during that time regardless of the lack of legal justification. 

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