BY THE QUEEN

A Proclamation

ELIZABETH R.

APPOINTING MONDAY, 28TH DECEMBER 1998 AS A BANK HOLIDAY IN ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND IN THE PLACE OF SATURDAY, 26TH DECEMBER 1998 AND APPOINTING MONDAY, 4TH JANUARY 1999 AS A BANK HOLIDAY IN SCOTLAND IN PLACE OF SATURDAY, 2ND JANUARY 1999.

Whereas We did by Proclamation given on the twenty-fourth day of June in the year 1998 appoint Monday, the twenty-eighth day of December in the year 1998, to be a bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and Monday, the fourth day of January in the year 1999, to be a bank holiday in Scotland: And whereas it appears to Us that it is inexpedient that Saturday, the twenty-sixth day of December in the year 1998, should be a bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and We consider it desirable that the said Monday, the twenty-eighth day of December in the year 1998, should be appointed a bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in place of it: And whereas it appears to Us that it is inexpedient that Saturday, the second day of January in the year 1999, should be a bank holiday in Scotland and We consider it desirable that the said Monday, the fourth day in January in the year 1999, should be appointed a bank holiday in Scotland in place of it: Now, therefore, We, in pursuance of section 1(2) of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, declare that Saturday, the twenty-sixth day of December in the year 1998, shall not be a bank holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and do hereby appoint in place of it Monday, the twenty-eighth day of December in the year 1998, and declare that Saturday, the second day of January in the year 1999, shall not be a bank holiday in Scotland and do hereby appoint in place of it Monday, the fourth day of January in the year 1999. Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace this sixteenth day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight and in the forty-seventh year of Our Reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN