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A century after the 1871 act, the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80), which currently regulates bank holidays in the UK, was passed. [14] The majority of the current bank holidays were specified in the 1971 Act: however New Year's Day and May Day were not introduced throughout the whole of the UK until 1974 and 1978 respectively. [15]
1 January – New Year's Day; 17 March – Saint Patrick's Day; 18 April – Good Friday; 21 April – Easter Monday; 5 May – Early May bank holiday; 26 May – Spring May Bank Holiday; 12 July – Orangemen's Day; 4 August – Summer Bank Holiday; 25 August – Summer Bank Holiday; 25 December – Christmas Day; 26 December – St Stephen's Day
1 January – New Year's Day; 17 March – Saint Patrick's Day; 18 April – Good Friday; 21 April – Easter Monday; 5 May – Early May bank holiday; 26 May – Spring May Bank Holiday; 26 August – Summer Bank Holiday; 25 December – Christmas Day; 26 December – Boxing Day
Holidays feature a steep rise in accommodation cost, due to increased demand. The English tourism industry monitors websites that provide up-to-date school holiday information, and adjusts prices accordingly. Prices often drop by hundreds of pounds one week into the new school term. Most schools have a strict policy against school absences.
depending on the canton, including holidays falling on a weekend Taiwan [76] 12 12 Thailand [31] 16 16 Tanzania [77] 16 16 East Timor [78] 18 18 Trinidad and Tobago [31] 18 18 Turkey [31] 14 14 Ukraine [79] 11 11 United Kingdom [80] 8 10 depending on nation, but 8 for England and Wales [81] United States [82] 6 11 Uruguay [83] 12 12 Venezuela ...
A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the term refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation , or held by convention under common law .
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