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The term 'Boxing Day' is not defined or used in primary UK legislation and although some hold it cannot fall on a Sunday, I have seen and heard Sunday 26th called Boxing Day. I have never heard/seen a claim that Boxing Day cannot fall on a Saturday.
Legislation does provide that if December 26 falls on a Sunday, Monday 27th shall be a Bank Holiday (just as if December 25 falls on a Sunday). This may explain the apparent 'rule' that B/D cannot fall on a Sunday.
In more recent years, if December 25 or 26 fall on a Saturday a substitute Bank Holiday is given on the Monday/Tuesday following but by Royal Proclamation not statute.
All this basically simplifies into the first two weekdays after December 24 being public holidays, commonly called Bank Holidays. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.232.34.78 ( talk) 18:08, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
This section does nothing to explain why these are referred to as a "bank" holiday. Walkersam ( talk) 18:58, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
I moved a lot of information from this article to Public holidays in the United Kingdom and deleted a lot of information that was duplicated without realising there was an archived discussion about merging the two articles. In fairness, that's not what I've done - I've just arranged the information by topic as I saw fit, i.e.
Both articles still need work, but at least it won't have to be duplicated on both pages anymore. Mibblepedia ( talk) 18:40, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Shouldn't Queen's Official Birthday be added? -- MiLuZi ( talk) 10:26, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Some holidays are referred to as a "bank holiday" (no capital letters, e.g. "Early May bank holiday") and some as a "Bank Holiday" (both with capitals, e.g. "Late May Bank Holiday") - any consensus on a convention to be used here (or is there a legitimate reason to keep them inconsistent). 92.9.19.173 ( talk) 14:00, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
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The term 'Boxing Day' is not defined or used in primary UK legislation and although some hold it cannot fall on a Sunday, I have seen and heard Sunday 26th called Boxing Day. I have never heard/seen a claim that Boxing Day cannot fall on a Saturday.
Legislation does provide that if December 26 falls on a Sunday, Monday 27th shall be a Bank Holiday (just as if December 25 falls on a Sunday). This may explain the apparent 'rule' that B/D cannot fall on a Sunday.
In more recent years, if December 25 or 26 fall on a Saturday a substitute Bank Holiday is given on the Monday/Tuesday following but by Royal Proclamation not statute.
All this basically simplifies into the first two weekdays after December 24 being public holidays, commonly called Bank Holidays. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.232.34.78 ( talk) 18:08, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
This section does nothing to explain why these are referred to as a "bank" holiday. Walkersam ( talk) 18:58, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
I moved a lot of information from this article to Public holidays in the United Kingdom and deleted a lot of information that was duplicated without realising there was an archived discussion about merging the two articles. In fairness, that's not what I've done - I've just arranged the information by topic as I saw fit, i.e.
Both articles still need work, but at least it won't have to be duplicated on both pages anymore. Mibblepedia ( talk) 18:40, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
Shouldn't Queen's Official Birthday be added? -- MiLuZi ( talk) 10:26, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Some holidays are referred to as a "bank holiday" (no capital letters, e.g. "Early May bank holiday") and some as a "Bank Holiday" (both with capitals, e.g. "Late May Bank Holiday") - any consensus on a convention to be used here (or is there a legitimate reason to keep them inconsistent). 92.9.19.173 ( talk) 14:00, 7 August 2023 (UTC)