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about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/edition/London/issue/65122" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:hasIssueNumber">65122</dd><dt>Page number:</dt><dd about="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/id/notice/5165642" datatype="xsd:string" property="gaz:hasPageNumber">13742</dd></dl><div about="this:notifiableThing" class="content" data-gazettes="Notice" data-gazettes-type="1101"><h3><span data-gazettes="Title" property="gaz:hasTitle">BY THE KING A PROCLAMATION APPOINTING FRIDAY 1ST JANUARY 2027, MONDAY 3RD MAY 2027 AND TUESDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2027 AS BANK HOLIDAYS IN ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND APPOINTING MONDAY 12TH JULY 2027 AS A BANK HOLIDAY IN NORTHERN IRELAND CHARLES R.</span></h3><div data-gazettes="P"><p data-gazettes="Text">Whereas, We consider it desirable that Friday the first day of January, Monday the third day of May and Tuesday the twenty-eighth day of December in the year 2027 should be bank holidays in England, Wales and Northern Ireland:</p><p data-gazettes="Text">And whereas, We consider it desirable that Monday the twelfth day of July in the year 2027 should be a bank holiday in Northern Ireland:</p><p data-gazettes="Text">Now, therefore, We in pursuance of section 1(3) of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, do hereby appoint Friday the first day of January, Monday the third day of May and Tuesday the twenty-eighth day of December in the year 2027 to be bank holidays in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and appoint Monday the twelfth day of July in the year 2027 to be a bank holiday in Northern Ireland.</p><p data-gazettes="Text">Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this eighth day of July in the year of our 
Lord two thousand and twenty-six in the fourth year of Our Reign.</p><p data-gazettes="Text"><strong>GOD SAVE THE KING</strong></p></div></div></article></body></html>