Royal proclamation is also used to move bank holidays that would otherwise fall on a weekend and to create extra one-off bank holidays for special occasions.Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, Sec.1(3), The National Archives. Retrieved 9 July 2019. The Act does not provide for a bank holiday to be suppressed by royal proclamation without appointing another day in its place.Bank holidays and British Summer Time, Direct.gov.uk, Retrieved 26 October 2011. In this way, public holidays are not "lost" in years when they coincide with weekends. These deferred bank holiday days are termed a "bank holiday in lieu" of the typical anniversary date. In the legislation they are known as "substitute days". The movement of the St Andrew's Day Scottish holiday to the nearest Monday when 30 November is a weekend day is statutory and does not require a proclamation.Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, Sec.1(2), Legislation.gov.uk, Retrieved 26 October 2011. Bank holidays falling on a weekend are always moved to a later date, not an earlier one.UK bank holidays, gov.uk, Retrieved 5 May 2020.
