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Bank holiday
Bank Holiday

A bank holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. There is no automatic right to time off on these days, although the majority of the population not employed in essential services receive them as holidays; those employed in essential services usually receive extra pay for working on these days....
s in Scotland
Scotland

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 are determined under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 and the St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007
St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007

The St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday Act 2007 is an Act of Parliament of the Scottish Parliament that officially designates St. Andrew's Day to be a bank holiday in Scotland....
.

Schedule 1 to the 1971 Act provides that the following are to be bank holidays in Scotland:—



The St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007, passed by the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the Devolution national, Unicameralism legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood, Edinburgh area of the capital Edinburgh....
 on 29 November 2006, added:



ion 1 of the 1971 Act also provides that special days may be appointed as bank holidays (either additional or in place of bank holidays which fall on a Saturday or Sunday) subject to Royal Proclamation each year.






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Bank holiday
Bank Holiday

A bank holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. There is no automatic right to time off on these days, although the majority of the population not employed in essential services receive them as holidays; those employed in essential services usually receive extra pay for working on these days....
s in Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 are determined under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 and the St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007
St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007

The St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday Act 2007 is an Act of Parliament of the Scottish Parliament that officially designates St. Andrew's Day to be a bank holiday in Scotland....
.

Schedule 1 to the 1971 Act provides that the following are to be bank holidays in Scotland:—

  • New Year's Day
    New Year's Day

    New Year's Day is the first day of the new year. On the modern Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated on January 1, as it was also in ancient Rome ....
    , if it be not a Sunday or, if it be a Sunday, 3 January
  • 2 January, if it be not a Sunday or, if it be a Sunday, 3 January
  • Good Friday
    Good Friday

    Good Friday, also called Holy Friday, Great Friday or Black Friday, is the Friday preceding Easter Sunday . It commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Golgotha....
  • The first Monday in May
  • The first Monday in August
  • Christmas Day, if it be not a Sunday or, if it be a Sunday, 26 December


The St Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007, passed by the Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament is the Devolution national, Unicameralism legislature of Scotland, located in the Holyrood, Edinburgh area of the capital Edinburgh....
 on 29 November 2006, added:

  • St Andrew's Day (30 November), or the following Monday should November 30 fall on a weekend


Special days and substitute bank holidays

Section 1 of the 1971 Act also provides that special days may be appointed as bank holidays (either additional or in place of bank holidays which fall on a Saturday or Sunday) subject to Royal Proclamation each year. These include Boxing Day
Boxing Day

Boxing Day is a bank holiday or a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and countries in the Commonwealth of Nations with a mainly Christian population....
, which has been an additional bank holiday in Scotland since 1974 and the last Monday in May which has been a bank holiday since 1978.

Section 1 of the 1971 Act also enables the Queen to appoint substitute bank holidays in any one year by Royal Proclamation. Substitute days are customarily appointed for all UK bank holidays which fall on a Saturday or Sunday. Where any of the dates fall on a Sunday, the Act substitutes the following Monday for that date. If any fall on a Saturday (or if Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday), the Royal Proclamation includes substitute days for these days.

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