Public Holidays Guernsey 2009 - 2012
The expected dates of bank and public holidays in Guernsey for the years 2009-2012
inclusive are listed below.
There is no statutory right to time off for bank and public holidays. Any right to
time off or extra pay for working on a bank holiday depends on the terms of an employee's contract of
employment.
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Guernsey
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2009
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2010
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2011 |
2012 |
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New Year's Day
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1 Jan
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1 Jan
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3 Jan |
2 Jan |
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Good Friday
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10 Apr
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2 Apr
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22 Apr |
6 April |
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Easter Monday
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13 Apr
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5 Apr
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25 Apr |
9 April |
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Early May Bank Holiday
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4 May
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3 May
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2 May |
7 May |
| Liberation Day |
9 May |
9 May & 10 May |
9 May |
9 May |
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Spring Bank Holiday
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25 May
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31 May
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30 May |
4 June |
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Diamon Jubilee Holiday
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5 June |
| Summer Bank Holiday |
31 Aug
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30 Aug
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29 Aug
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27 Aug
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Christmas Day Public Holiday
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25 Dec
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■27 Dec
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26 Dec |
25 Dec |
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Boxing Day Bank Holiday
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▲28 Dec
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28 Dec
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▲27 Dec |
26 Dec |
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■ Substitute Bank Holiday in lieu of 25 Dec
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▲ Substitute Bank Holiday in lieu of 26 Dec
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* Good Friday and Christmas Day (and all Sundays) are customary law holidays; all other holidays
are prescribed by The Public Holidays Ordinance, 1994.
Subject to confirmation by the States
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Generally, public holidays include bank holidays, holidays by Royal
Proclamation and 'common law holidays'. Banks are not allowed to operate on bank holidays.
When public holidays in the Christmas and New Year period fall on Saturdays and Sundays,
alternative week days are declared public holidays.
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Bank Holidays in England and Wales
In England and Wales there are six bank holidays and two common law
holidays.
- New Year's Day,
- Easter Monday
- May
Day (not necessarily 1 May),
- Spring Holiday at the end of May
- Late Summer Holiday at the end of August, and
- Boxing
Day (26 December or the Monday nearest)
* In England, Wales & Ireland, both Christmas Day and Good
Friday were traditional 'days of rest' and Christian worship .. as were Sundays, and did not
need to be included in the 1871 Act .. unlike for Scotland
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British Summer Time
British Summer Time (BST) starts on the last Sunday in March and ends on the last Sunday in
October, at 1.00 am Greenwich Mean Time (GMT):
- in spring the clocks go forward, losing an hour - at 1.00 am GMT the UK moves to 2.00 am
BST
- in autumn the clocks go back, giving an extra hour - at 2.00 am BST the UK moves
to 1.00 am GMT
In the next three years, the summer time periods begin and end on the following dates:
| Clocks go forward |
29 March |
28 March |
27 March |
| Clocks go back |
25 October |
31 October |
30 October |
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Useful Link
http://www.direct.gov.uk
World Public Holidays
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