INTERIM GOVERNMENT OF FIJI ISLANDS
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EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS PROMULGATION 2007 
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS (ADMINISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2008
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APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC HOLIDAYS – 2009

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 65 of the Employment Relations Promulgation 2007 and Regulation 42 of the Employment Relations (Administration) Regulations 2008, I appoint the following days for the celebration of public holidays in 2009:

1.	New Year's Day	Thursday, 1st January	
2.	Prophet Mohammed's Birthday	Monday, 9th March	
3.	Youth Day.	Monday, 23rd March	
4.	Good Friday	Friday, 10th April	
5.	Easter Saturday	Saturday, 11th April	
6.	Easter Monday	Monday, 13th April	
7.	Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day	Friday, 29th May	
8.	Queen's Birthday	Monday, 15th June	
9.	Fiji Day	Monday, 12th October	
10.	Diwali	Monday, 19th October	
11.	Christmas Day	Friday, 25th December	
12.	Boxing Day	Monday, 28th December	

And further in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 64 of the Employment Relations Promulgation 2007, the declared public holidays must be kept as public holidays in all workplaces in Fiji.

Dated at Suva this 23rd June 2008.

L. R. VAYESHNOI
Minister for Labour, Industrial Relations, Employment,
Local Government, Urban Development, Housing and Environment