NSW banking date
NSW Bank Holiday 2024 Date
The NSW Bank Holiday falls on the first Monday in August. It is not a declared public holiday; it is a limited banking and financial-institution date.
NSW Bank Holiday 2024 date
Status and official rules
The NSW Bank Holiday is not a declared public holiday. NSW Government guidance lists it as a date with limited banking and financial-institution scope; retail bank branches and certain financial institutions are subject to separate trading rules and exemptions.
Sources last reviewed 24 August 2026. Check the NSW Government public-holidays guidance and the NSW Government trading rules and Fair Work’s 2026 public-holiday list for the current official position.
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Background
The NSW Bank Holiday falls on the first Monday in August. NSW Government guidance says it is not a declared public holiday; it is listed because retail bank branches and certain financial institutions have specific staffing and trading-rule considerations.
How the date is treated
This is not a general NSW long weekend. Whether the date affects a particular bank branch or financial institution depends on the applicable NSW trading rules and the organisation's arrangements.
Bank Holiday in other years
Frequently asked questions
The NSW Bank Holiday in 2024 falls on Monday 5 August 2024.
No. NSW Government guidance says the NSW Bank Holiday is not a declared public holiday. It is a limited banking and financial-institution date, with separate rules for retail bank branches and certain financial institutions.
It is listed so people can identify the first-Monday-in-August date and check the official NSW rules that may apply to banking and certain financial institutions. It is labelled separately from declared public holidays and is excluded from statewide working-day calculations.
Retail bank branches and certain financial institutions should check the NSW Government's current public-holidays and trading-rules guidance. The date does not create a statewide declared public holiday.