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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 ...
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 ...
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 .
An Act to make provision for Bank Holidays, and respecting obligations to make payments and do other acts on such Bank Holidays. (Repealed by Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80)) Justices Qualification Act 1871 [ 1 ]
Bank Holidays Act 1871; C. Consolidated Fund (£5,411,900) Act; ... Protection of Life and Property in Certain Parts of Ireland Act 1871; Public Parks, Schools, and ...
1871 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.
1 "extended the existing law relating to those days to the new bank holidays."
Bank holidays and the Ancient Monuments Protection Act 1882 John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (30 April 1834 – 28 May 1913), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet , from 1865 until 1900, was an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist , scientist and polymath .