Curious ...was Wed 28 Dec a Bank holiday in NI?

butterflymum

As per title, just curious, and wondered if anyone knew why, for example, Ulster Bank, seemed to think it was. Was expecting a Standing order payment yesterday from Ulster Bank, but read this in their site:


"Wednesday 28 December is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland. Many organisations have made arrangements for payments due on this date to be paid before the Christmas holidays. If they have not made arrangements those payments normally due into your account on 28 December will be processed on Thursday 29 December and will appear in your account on Friday 30 December."


yet neither https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays#northern-ireland nor https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/bank-holidays listed the 28th as being a Bank Holiday.

sportsarb

I thought it was a public holiday rather than bank holiday. Not sure if banks are within their rights to say it's a non working day for them regardless, they may be allowed.

waltsalt

I thought the Monday and Tuesday covered the Christmas Day and Boxing Day holidays. Ulster Bank are just being lazy, inept *ankers.

waltsalt

And that star was to replace a 'b', not a 'w'. Honest.

butterflymum

I thought it was only Monday and Tuesday too (with Tuesday being in lieu of Christmas day).

dmxdave

Banks in NI have always taken 3 days at Christmas

donnac2558

Bank Of Ireland was also closed yesterday.

RikM

the 28th was not a bank or public holiday in NI:
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/bank-holidays

Ulster bank can choose to open or not on regular days, but they are telling porkies if they say they are closed due to a public holiday...

butterflymum

RikM wrote: »

Ulster bank can choose to open or not on regular days, but they are telling porkies if they say they are closed due to a public holiday...

Yes, it was them stating it was a Bank holiday that made me curious, as I knew the Bank holidays were Monday and Tuesday this week.



researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN06170/SN06170.pdf seems to concur that it most definitely wasn't a Bank holiday, so I wonder what legislation the banks in NI used for being closed.

I also wondered how those 'many organisations' they refer to would have known they would be closed on the 28th, given that most sources for checking, ie the NIdirect site etc, didn't consider the 28th as a Bank holiday.

RikM

It wasn't "the banks in NI" as some were open (Virgin Money, for example).. just some banks chose to remain closed for an extra day. It might be written into staff t&cs, for example, that they get an extra day - I've seen local government setups in the UK like that... not legislated and not requiring legislation, so far as I know.

sportsarb

Apparently it's a holiday by virtue of royal proclamation.

It's not a bank holiday for sure, those are dictated by the 1971 Bankers Act.