National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Thursday, September 22 has been designated as the National Day of Mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Australians will get a one-off public holiday on the national day of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II.

The day coincides with the National Memorial Service to be held in Canberra.

Shops and retailers can trade as they normally would on other public holidays such as Australia Day or New Year’s Day.

This additional public holiday will not be a “restricted trading day” (such as Good Friday or Anzac Day) under the Retail Trading Act 2008.

For banks and other financial institutions it will be a “bank close day” under the Retail Trading Act 2008.

For employers and employees the provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 that deal with working on public holidays will apply.



Here at Velasquez Legal we will be closed for the day in honour of Queen Elizabeth II. We will be open again on Friday September 23.