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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Guernsey and Alderney

The list of Guernsey and Alderney bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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Governing Law: Public holidays in Guernsey are all regulated by The Public Holidays Ordinance, 1994 as amended in the The Public Holidays Ordinance, 2001, p. 527 and The Public Holidays (Alderney) Ordinance, 2004, except for Good Friday and Christmas which are customary law holidays. Their naming is set forth in The Bills of Exchange (Amendment) Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1993 which provides that all references to Bank Holidays in any enactment, order of the court or statutory instrument shall be replaced with the term Public Holidays. • The Summer Bank Holiday is a major full-blown public holiday despite the fact that it is observed on different dates depending on the islands (Guernsey, Alderney, Herm, Jethou) and is therefore classified as a "regional" public holiday. • Alderney obeserves slightly different public holidays than the rest of the Channel Islands (namely Guernsey). In particular, since 2005, the "Public Holiday (Homecoming Day) (Alderney) Ordnance, 2005" has made December 15 a yearly public holiday in Alderney . • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Bank of England (Guernsey and Alderney central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Guernsey and Alderney, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

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In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Guernsey and Alderney, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Guernsey and Alderney, before planning any trip to Guernsey and Alderney. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.