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Bank and Public Holidays for British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for the first 3 months of 2013, 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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16 May 2012 (British Virgin Islands Cabinet Office-BVI) The Deputy Governor’s Office of the British Virgin Islands, after consultation with the Cabinet of the British Virgin Islands, has proclaimed Monday, June 4, 2012, as a non-working public holiday throughout the Territory of the British Virgin Islands to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and to celebrate the 86th anniversary of the birth of Her Majesty the Queen. • 27 Sep 2011 (British Virgin Islands Cabinet Office-BVI) The British Virgin Islands' Premier, Ralph O’Neal, has announced that the upcoming general elections would be held on Monday, November 7, 2011. • 23 Sep 2011 (British Virgin Islands Cabinet Office-BVI) The Cabinet of the British Virgin Islands has approved and announced the list and dates of official public holidays for 2012 in the British Virgin Islands, in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Holidays Act (Cap 199). • 11 Apr 2011 (BVI Government Website-Road Town) The Government of the British Virgin Islands has officially released a revised listing of the Cabinet-approved public holidays for 2011. • 22 Mar 2011 (Virgin Islands Daily News-Road Town) The Governor of the British Virgin Islands, John de Jongh Jr., will have his Austerity Measures Act debated in the BVI Senate on Thursday. • 18 Mar 2011 (British Virgin Islands Cabinet Office-BVI) The Governor of the British Virgin Islands, after consultation with the Cabinet, and in accordance with Section 5(a) of the Public Holidays Act, has approved a one-off public holiday on Friday, April 29, 2011, to coincide with the upcoming UK royal wedding. • 15 Dec 2010 (British Virgin Islands Cabinet Office-BVI) The Deputy Governor’s Office of the British Virgin Islands has clarified the additional public holidays that would be declared due to the Christmas and Boxing Day 2010 public holidays falling on a weekend. • 30 Aug 2010 (British Virgin Islands Cabinet Office-BVI) The British Virgin Islands Deputy Governor, V. Inez Archibald, has announced that Tuesday, August 31, 2010, had been declared a one-off public sector holiday in the British Virgin Islands. • 26 Apr 2010 (British Virgin Islands Cabinet Office-BVI) The Cabinet of the British Virgin Islands has approved and announced the list and dates of official public holidays for 2011 in the British Virgin Islands, in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Holidays Act (Cap 199). • 24 Dec 2009 (BVI News-Road Town) The Deputy Governor’s Office of the British Virgin Islands has announced that Monday, December 28, 2009, would be a public holiday to be observed as Boxing Day in lieu of Saturday, December 26. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the British Virgin 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: The list and dates of official public holidays in the British Virgin Islands are regulated by the Public Holidays Act, Chapter 199, as amended by The Public Holidays Amendment Act (2000). • Weekend Public Holidays: Public holidays that occur on a weekend are usually moved to the following Monday. • Territory Day: This holiday originated in 1956 when the Federation of the Leeward Islands, created in 1872, was dissolved. Originally designated as “Colony Day”, it began to be termed “Territory Day” in the 1960s when the word “colony” fell into disfavour. The term “Territory Day” was officially substituted for “Colony Day” in the Schedule to the Public Holidays Act in 1978. In 2001, the BVI Public Holidays Review Committee did propose renaming this public holiday as "Virgin Islands Day", but as of June 2009, this change was not implemented. • British Virgin Islands International Codes VG and VGB (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .vg (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of British Virgin Islands information and news: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (British Virgin Islands maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in British Virgin Islands), and Wikipedia (includes British Virgin 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 British Virgin Islands, may belong to a religious group that is not common in British Virgin 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 British Virgin 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 2013 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for British Virgin 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 British Virgin Islands, before planning any trip to British Virgin 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.