Working day

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 (UK)	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 (Scotland)	30 November	2 December	1 December
Christmas Day (UK)	25 December	25 December	25 December
Boxing Day (UK)	26 December	26 December	26 December

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

External resources

• Bank Holidays from Direct.gov
• Bank Holidays in Northern Ireland
• Bank Holidays in Scotland