Whereas, We consider it desirable that Tuesday the twenty-eighth day of December in the year 2021, Monday the third day of January and Monday the second day of May in the year 2022 should be bank holidays in England, Wales and Northern Ireland:

And whereas, We consider it desirable that Tuesday the twelfth day of July in the year 2022 should be a bank holiday in Northern Ireland:

Now, therefore, We in pursuance of section 1(3) of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, do hereby appoint Tuesday the twenty-eighth day of December in the year 2021, Monday the third day of January and Monday the second day of May in the year 2022 to be bank holidays in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and appoint Tuesday the twelfth day of July in the year 2022 to be a bank holiday in Northern Ireland.

Given at Our Court at Windsor Castle, this twenty-first day of July in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-one in the seventieth year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN