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The following are holidays throughout the United Kingdom unless otherwise specified: Fixed Public Holidays | 1 January | New Year`s Day | | 2 January | Bank Holiday in Scotland only | | 17 March | St Patrick`s Day in N. Ireland only | | 1st Monday in May | May Day Bank Holiday | | Last Monday in May | Bank Holiday | | 12 July | Battle of the Boyne Day in Northern Ireland only | | 1st Monday in August | Summer Bank Holiday in Scotland only | | Last Monday in August | Summer Bank Holiday except Scotland | | 25 December | Christmas Day | | 26 December | Boxing Day (St Stephen`s Day for Roman Catholics) | Holidays falling on a weekend are celebrated on the Monday following. If two consecutive holidays fall on a Saturday and Sunday, they are observed on the Monday and Tuesday following. Scottish clearing banks observe the British, not the Scottish Bank Holidays. New Year`s Eve, 31 December 1999 was a special public holiday. There will be an extra day`s holiday on Monday June 3rd, 2002 to mark HM Queen Elizabeth II`s Golden Jubilee (50th year of accession to the throne). The bank holiday normally held one week earlier will be held on June 4th. Moveable Public Holidays | Feast | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | | Good Friday | 28 Mar | 10 Apr | 2 Apr | 21 Apr | 13 Apr | 29 Mar | 18 Apr | 9 Apr | | Easter | 30 Mar | 12 Apr | 4 Apr | 23 Apr | 15 Apr | 31 Mar | 20 Apr | 11 Apr | | Easter Monday | 31 Mar | 13 Apr | 5 Apr | 24 Apr | 16 Apr | 1 Apr | 21 Apr | 12 Apr | Non-holiday Observances | 25 January | Burns Night or Burns Supper (Scotland only) | | 27 January | WWII Genocide Memorial Day (from 2001) | | 14 February | Valentine`s Day | | 1 March | St. David`s Day (Patron Saint of Wales) | | 2nd Monday in March | Commonwealth Day | | 1 April | April Fool`s Day | | 23 April | St. George`s Day (Patron Saint of England) | | 3rd Sunday in June | Fathers` Day | | 31 October | Halloween | | 5 November | Guy Fawkes` Day | | 11 Novem
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