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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]
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 .
The August Bank Holiday or Summer Bank Holiday [1] is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, part of the statutory bank holiday provision. Originally, the holiday was held on the first Monday of August across the country, but was changed in the late 1960s to the last Monday in August for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Public holidays for the institutions of the European Union in 2024 Date Day 1 January 2024: New Year's Day: 2 January 2024: Day following New Year's Day 28 March 2024 (Thursday before Easter) Maundy Thursday: 29 March 2024 (Friday before Easter) Good Friday: 1 April 2024 (Monday after Easter) Easter Monday: 1 May 2024: Labour Day: 9 May 2024 ...
The Bank Holidays Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 17) established public holidays (known as bank holidays) in addition to those customarily recognised in the United Kingdom.. The Act designated four bank holidays in England, Wales and Ireland (Easter Monday; Whit Monday; First Monday in August; 26 December if a weekday) and five in Scotland (New Year's Day, or the next day if a Sunday; Good Friday ...
In 2018, the UK Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn, campaigned for making St David's Day and St George's Day bank holidays, together with St Andrew's Day and St Patrick's Day, as part of a plan to have all four patron saint days become UK-wide bank holidays. [24] [25] The Conservatives argued the UK "would be on permanent holiday" under Corbyn. [26]
Public and bank holidays in Scotland; Proposed Saint David's Day bank holiday; T. Trafalgar Day; W. ... This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 03:29 (UTC).