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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 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 .
In 2018, a YouGov poll conducted between October 2017 and March 2018, showed support (>49%) across the UK for patron saint days to become bank holidays in their respective UK nations. 58% of the Welsh sampled in the poll supported a Welsh bank holiday on 1 March, 17% a UK-wide holiday on 1 March, 20% opposed and 5% do not know. [27]
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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 ...
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.
Holidays in England (2 C, 10 P) Holidays in Scotland (4 C, 19 P) C. Christmas in the United Kingdom (13 C, 31 P) W. ... Proposed Saint David's Day bank holiday; T.
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