Cap. 252 Art. 6Entitlement to holidays.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, or in any contract, or in any other instrument whatsoever:

(a) where under the conditions of service applicable to a person such person is, or but for the provisions of this

Act would have been, entitled to a holiday on any day the commencement of this Act and was not a public holiday before that date;

(b) with effect from 1st January, 2005 when a National Holiday or a Public Holiday listed in the Schedule falls on a Saturday or on a Sunday, it shall not be deemed to be a public holiday for the purposes of entitling any person to an additional day of vacation leave;

(c) with effect from 1st January 2021, when a national holiday or a public holiday listed in the Schedule falls on a Saturday or on a Sunday, it shall be deemed to be a public holiday for the purposes of entitling any person to a day of vacation leave in addition to the leave entitlement for that particular year as calculated on the basic entitlement provided in regulation 8 of the

Organisation of Working Time Regulations; and any such other law, contract or instrument as aforesaid shall have effect accordingly.

SCHEDULE

[ARTICLE 5(1)]

List of Public Holidays (in addition to National Holidays and Sundays)

1st January New Year’s Day 10th February Feast of St. Paul’s Shipwreck 19th March Feast of St. Joseph - Good Friday 1st May Workers’ Day 29th June Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul 15th August Feast of the Assumption 8th December Feast of the Immaculate Conception 25th December Christmas Day