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Bank and Public Holidays for The Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, 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.

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14 May 2012 (Cayman Islands Government Information and Services-Grand Cayman) The Cayman Islands' Legislative Assembly has approved by a vote of 8-3 the legislation enshrining the recently-announced one-off referendum public holiday on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. • 08 May 2012 (Cayman Islands Government Information and Services-Grand Cayman) The Cayman Islands' Premier, McKeeva Bush, has announced that, contrary to her recent ruling out of July 18 being declared a public holiday, the date of the upcoming "one man one vote" referendum would in fact be a non-working public holiday in the Cayman Islands. • 13 Apr 2012 (Cayman Islands Government Information and Services-Grand Cayman) The Cayman Islands' Premier, McKeeva Bush, has announced that, contrary to earlier announcements, the Cayman Islands Government would not hold its upcoming referendum on the date of the May 2013 general election, but rather on July 18, 2012. • 27 Feb 2012 (Cayman Islands Government Information and Services-Grand Cayman) The Cayman Islands' Premier, McKeeva Bush, has announced that the Cayman Islands Government would hold a referendum at the same time as the May 2013 general election. • 08 Dec 2011 (Cayman Islands Government Information and Services-Grand Cayman) The Cayman Islands Department of Employment Relations has issued a clarification on the consequences of the upcoming Christmas Day and New Year's Day public holidays both falling on a Sunday. • 31 Aug 2011 (Cayman Islands Government Gazette Office-Grand Cayman) The Cayman Islands government has gazetted an extra public holiday on Monday, June 4, 2012, to mark the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. • 20 Jul 2011 (Cayman News Service-Grand Cayman) The Cayman Islands government has announced that it will soon gazette an extra public holiday in June 2012 to mark the royal diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. • 25 Jun 2011 (Gazette Office Cayman Islands Government-Grand Cayman) The Deputy Governor's Office of the Cayman Islands has released a confirmed listing of 2012 public holidays in the Cayman Islands. • 01 Feb 2011 (Gazette Office Cayman Islands Government-Grand Cayman) The April 29, 2011, additional public holidays for the upcoming royal wedding has officially been gazeted as per the Public Holidays Order, 2011. • 21 Dec 2010 (Cayman Islands Government Information and Services-Grand Cayman) The Cayman Islands government has declared that Friday, April 29, 2011, the date of the upcoming UK royal wedding, would be a one-off public holiday in the Cayman Islands. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the The Cayman 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: Official public holidays in the Cayman Islands are regulated by the 2007 revision to The Public Holidays Law, as published in the Gazette No. 17 of August 20th, 2007. • The Queen's Birthday is observed locally using a rule specific to the Cayman Islands: the Monday following the Saturday designated as the official holiday observance in the UK. • The Cayman Islands International Codes KY and CYM (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .ky (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of The Cayman Islands information and news: Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (The Cayman Islands central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (The Cayman Islands maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in The Cayman Islands), and Wikipedia (includes The Cayman Islands commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in The Cayman Islands, may belong to a religious group that is not common in The Cayman 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 The Cayman Islands. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
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 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for The Cayman 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 The Cayman Islands, before planning any trip to The Cayman Islands. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.