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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Cocos (Keeling) Islands

The list of Cocos (Keeling) Islands 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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18 Sep 2006 (Government Gazette) The Administrator of the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Neil Lucas, has amended the list of public holidays specified in the recently released Government Gazette 02/06 of August 30, 2006, and announced that the Act of Self Determination Day public holiday, normally celebrated on April 6, would be moved to April 5, in 2007. • 31 Aug 2000 (Office of the Administrator) The territorial adminustrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands has released the official list of 2001 public holidays which, for the first time, adds an annual observance of the Muslim Hijra New Year public holiday. • 30 Aug 1999 (Office of the Administrator) The Cocos (Keeling) Islands has released its official list of 2000 public holidays. Note that the initial version of this announcement specifies an incorrect date for the Hari Maulad Nabi (Mohammad’s Birthday) public holiday. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Public holidays in the Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands are regulated by the Sections 7 and 8 of the Public and Bank Holidays Act 1972 (WA)(CKI), as amended by the Applied Laws (Implementation) (Amendment) Ordinance 1994 which is supplemented annually (usually in mid-August) by a Government Gazette announcement by the Territory Administrator concerning variable date public holidays. • Queen's Birthday: Note that although the Applied Laws (Implementation) (Amendment) Ordinance 1994 specifically mentions the Anniversary of the Birthday of the Reigning Sovereign as one of the public holidays in the Territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, it has not been observed since 1999. • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that fall on a Saturday or Sunday are treated in the manner in which they are treated in Western Australia, in particula as regards the Saturday occurrences of the ANZAC Day public holiday. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: 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).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Cocos (Keeling) Islands, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Cocos (Keeling) Islands. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Cocos (Keeling) Islands that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays, for Cocos (Keeling) Islands, were calculated using the locally used Arithmetical Muslim Calendar. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

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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 Cocos (Keeling) Islands, 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 Cocos (Keeling) Islands, before planning any trip to Cocos (Keeling) Islands. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.