Anzac Day Act 1966

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Anzac Day Act 1966.
2: Anzac Day to be a day of commemoration
1: In commemoration of the part taken by New Zealand servicemen and servicewomen in—
a: the First and Second World Wars; and
b: the South African War; and
c: the Korean War; and
d: the war in Malaya/Borneo; and
e: the war in South Vietnam— and in memory of those who at any time have given their lives for New Zealand and the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations, 25 April in each year (being the anniversary of the first landing of troops from the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand on Gallipoli) shall be known as Anzac Day, and shall be a day of commemoration.
2: The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, amend subsection (1) by adding to the list of conflicts referred to in that subsection.
3: An order under this section is secondary legislation ( see Part 3 The following table is small in size and has 3 columns that are grouped under the heading Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section. Legislation Act 2019 requirements for secondary legislation made under this section Publication PCO must publish it on the legislation website and notify it in the Gazette LA19 s 69(1)﻿(c) Presentation The Minister must present it to the House of Representatives LA19 s 114 cl 32(1)﻿(a) Disallowance It may be disallowed by the House of Representatives LA19 ss 115 116 This note is not part of the Act. Section 2 substituted 2 September 1996 Anzac Day Amendment Act 1996 Section 2(3) replaced 28 October 2021 section 3 Secondary Legislation Act 2021
3: Observance of Anzac Day
1: Where Anzac Day falls on a Sunday it shall be observed as a Sunday.
2: Where 1949 No 15 s 2 Section 3(2) amended 1 August 1990 section 6(2) Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal Act 1990
4: Application to terms of employment
Section 4 repealed 1 April 2004 section 91(1) Holidays Act 2003
5: Anzac Day trusts
1: The New Zealand Returned Services' Association (Incorporated) may, either itself or acting in conjunction with any organisation not prohibited from so doing, take steps to set up a trust in accordance with this section, and may appoint trustees to receive donations and grants from time to time for such specified charitable purposes as are publicly notified by the trustees before Anzac Day in any year as the purposes for which donations and grants to them in that year will be applied.
2: Any local Returned Services' Association affiliated with the New Zealand Returned Services' Association (Incorporated) may, either itself or acting in conjunction with any organisation not prohibited from so doing, take steps to set up a trust in accordance with this section, and may appoint trustees to receive donations and grants from time to time for such specified charitable purposes as are publicly notified by the trustees before Anzac Day in any year as the purposes for which donations and grants to them in that year will be applied.
3: Any such trustees may receive donations and grants from persons, companies, and societies, whether incorporated or not, carrying out activities on Anzac Day at a profit, and from other persons and public bodies.
4: Subject to the provisions of subsection (5), in any case where steps are taken under this section to set up a trust, the body or bodies taking the steps may execute an instrument appointing trustees of all donations and grants made to the trustees under this section and providing for the administration of the money and property to be held by the trustees and for their powers in respect thereof.
5: All money and property held by any trustees who are appointed as aforesaid shall be applied at the discretion of the trustees for the specified charitable purposes for which they were received as aforesaid by the trustees.
5A: Relationship with Holidays Act 2003
This Act is subject to section 45A Part 2, subpart 3 Section 5A inserted 1 January 2014 section 6 Holidays (Full Recognition of Waitangi Day and ANZAC Day) Amendment Act 2013
6: Repeal
The Anzac Day Act 1949 is hereby consequentially repealed.