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!Day
!Day
!2010
!2011
!2012
!2012
!2013
!2014
|-
|-
|New Year's Day
|New Year's Day
|1 January
|3 January
|2 January
|2 January
|1 January
|1 January
|-
|-
|'2 January' (Scotland)
|'2 January' (Scotland)
|4 January
|4 January
|3 January
|3 January
|2 January
|2 January
|-
|-
|St Patrick's Day (NI)
|St Patrick's Day (NI)
|17 March
|19 March
|19 March
|18 March
|18 March
 
|17 March
|-
|-
|Good Friday (UK wide)
|Good Friday (UK)
|2 April
|22 April
|6 April
|6 April
|29 March
|18 April
|-
|-
|Easter Monday
|Easter Monday (UK)
|5 April
|25 April
|9 April
|9 April
|1 April
|21 April
|-
|-
|Royal wedding
|Early May Bank Holiday (UK)
| -
| 29 April
| -
|-
|Early May Bank Holiday (Scotland)
|3 May
|2 May
|7 May
|7 May
|6 May
|5 May
|-
|-
|Spring Bank Holiday
|Spring Bank Holiday (UK)
|31 May
|30 May
|4 June
|4 June
|27 May
|26 May
|-
|-
|Queen's Diamond Jubilee
|Queen's Diamond Jubilee (UK)
| 5 June
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 5 June
|-
|-
|Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day) (NI)
|Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day) (NI)
|12 July
|12 July
|12 July
|12 July
|12 July
|14 July
|-
|-
|Summer Bank Holiday (Scotland)
|Summer Bank Holiday (Scotland)
|2 August
|1 August
|6 August
|6 August
|5 August
|4 August
|-
|-
|Summer Bank Holiday
|Summer Bank Holiday (E, W, NI)
|30 August
|29 August
|27 August
|27 August
|26 August
|25 August
|-
|-
|St Andrew's Day
|St Andrew's Day
|30 November
|30 November
|30 November
|2 December
|30 November
|1 December
|-
|-
|Christmas Day
|Christmas Day
|27 December
|25 December
|26 December
|25 December
|25 December
|25 December
|-
|-
|Boxing Day
|Boxing Day
|28 December
|26 December
|27 December
|26 December
|26 December
|26 December
|}
|}

Revision as of 18:52, 15 April 2012

For the purpose of complying with Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004: “working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom. (S10(6) of the Act).

For the purposes of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004, “working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day or a day which, under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c.80), is a bank holiday in Scotland.

Bank Holidays

THIS SECTION MAY BE INCOMPLETE.

Day 2012 2013 2014
New Year's Day 2 January 1 January 1 January
'2 January' (Scotland) 3 January 2 January 2 January
St Patrick's Day (NI) 19 March 18 March 17 March
Good Friday (UK) 6 April 29 March 18 April
Easter Monday (UK) 9 April 1 April 21 April
Early May Bank Holiday (UK) 7 May 6 May 5 May
Spring Bank Holiday (UK) 4 June 27 May 26 May
Queen's Diamond Jubilee (UK) 5 June - -
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day) (NI) 12 July 12 July 14 July
Summer Bank Holiday (Scotland) 6 August 5 August 4 August
Summer Bank Holiday (E, W, NI) 27 August 26 August 25 August
St Andrew's Day 30 November 2 December 1 December
Christmas Day 25 December 25 December 25 December
Boxing Day 26 December 26 December 26 December

There are very few windows of four consecutive weeks that do not contain a bank holiday.

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