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Bank Holiday Bank holidays were first introduced by the Bank Holidays Act of 1871, which designated four holidays in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and five in Scotland. These were Easter Monday, the first Monday in August, 26th December, and Whit Monday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and New Year's Day, Good Friday, the first Monday in May, the first Monday in August, and Christmas Day in Scotland. In England, Wales and Northern 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 Act. The 1871 Act was repealed 100 years later and its provisions incorporated into the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971. The following changes were introduced then and subsequently: • 1971 - Whit Monday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was formally replaced by a fixed spring holiday on the last Monday in May. The last Monday in August was formally made a bank holiday in place of the first Monday in August in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. • 1974 - New Year's Day became an additional bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. • 1978 - the first Monday in May in England, Wales and Northern Ireland became an additional bank holiday.

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