Public Holidays and
Bank Holidays (Jersey) Act 2010
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Public Holidays and
Bank Holidays (Jersey) Act 2010
1 Days to be observed as public holidays
(1) Part 1
of the Schedule has effect to specify days which are to be observed, in a year,
as public holidays and to note, for information purposes only, days which are,
by custom, observed as general holidays.
(2) Paragraph (1)
is subject to any rule, specified for a year, in Part 2 of the Schedule.
2 Citation
This Act may be cited as
the Public Holidays and Bank Holidays (Jersey) Act 2010.
SCHEDULE[1]
(Article 1)
Days to be observed as
public holidays
part 1
(Article 1(1))
General rules
1 Interpretation
In
this Part “weekday” means Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.
2 Sundays
Sundays are, by custom,
observed as general holidays.
3 New
Year’s Day
(1) 1st January is to be
observed as a public holiday if it is a weekday.
(2) If
1st January is a Saturday, Monday 3rd January is to be observed as a public
holiday.
(3) If
1st January is a Sunday, Monday 2nd January is to be observed as a public
holiday.
4 Easter
(1) Good
Friday is, by custom, observed as a general holiday.
(2) Easter
Monday is to be observed as a public holiday.
5 May
(1) The
first Monday in May is to be observed as a public holiday.
(2) Liberation
Day (9th May) is to be observed as a public holiday if it is a weekday or
Saturday.
(3) The
last Monday in May is to be observed as a public holiday.
6 August
The
last Monday in August is to be observed as a public holiday.
7 Christmas
Day and Boxing Day
(1) Christmas
Day is, by custom, observed as a general holiday.
(2) 26th
December is to be observed as a public holiday if it is a weekday.
(3) If
26th December is a Saturday, Monday 28th December is to be observed as a public
holiday.
(4) If
26th December is a Sunday, Monday 27th and Tuesday 28th December are to be
observed as public holidays.
(5) If
26th December is a Monday, Tuesday 27th December is also to be observed as a
public holiday.
part 2
(Article 1(2))
rules for specific years
A1 2011: Royal wedding
Friday 29th April 2011 is to be observed as a public holiday.
1 2012: Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee
In 2012 –
(a) notwithstanding
paragraph 5(3) of Part 1, Monday 4th June is to be observed as a
public holiday instead of the last Monday in May; and
(b) Tuesday
5th June is to be observed as a public holiday.