Public Holidays Ordinance, 2022

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The Public Holidays Ordinance, 2022

THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 4^th November, 2021[a], and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1 of the Bills of Exchange (Guernsey) Law, 1958[b], and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order:-

Public holidays in 2022: Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee.

1. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1(g) of the Public Holidays Ordinance, 1994[c] ("the 1994 Ordinance"), Monday 30^th May, 2022 shall not be a public holiday.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 1 of the 1994 Ordinance, 2^nd June, 2022 and 3^rd June, 2022 shall be public holidays.

Amendment to 1994 Ordinance.

2. After section 1 of the 1994 Ordinance, insert –

"Power to vary public holidays by regulations.

1A. (1) The Committee for Economic Development may by regulations, in respect of any specified calendar year, vary section 1 so as –

(a) to substitute a different date for any of the public holidays mentioned in that section, or

(b) to appoint an additional public holiday or remove any of the public holidays mentioned therein,

for that year only.

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) must be laid before the States of Deliberation as soon as practicable after being made and if, at that or the next meeting, the States of Deliberation resolve to annul them, they shall cease to have effect, but without prejudice to anything done under them or to the making of new regulations.".

Citation and commencement.

3. This Ordinance may be cited as the Public Holidays Ordinance, 2022 and shall come into force on the date it is approved by the States.

[a]	Article XV of Billet d'État No. XX of 2021.
[b]	Ordres en Conseil Vol XVII, p. 384. This enactment has been amended.
[c]	Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXVI, p. 289. This enactment has been amended.