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Easter Act 1928
Today (22 March) is the earliest date on which Easter Sunday can
occur, though that will never happen in our lifetimes. [The last
time was 1818 and the next will not be until 2285.] So tomorrow is
the earliest Easter any of us will see. The latest Easter date is
25 April, which some of us saw in 1943 and some will see in 2038

In 1926, the League of Nations endorsed the keeping of Easter on the
Sunday after the second Saturday in April - i.e. between April 9th
and the 15th. A couple of years later the UK Parliament passed the
/Easter Act 1928/, the main provisions of which are quoted below
[see http://tinyurl.com/2ouazr ]. That act has never been brought
into force as it depends on general agreement between the Christian
churches. That seems unlikely. As recently (in its terms) as 1962
the Vatican restated its position that such a change should not be
made without urgent need. Discussions still continue - see the
World Council of Churches paper at http://tinyurl.com/2uzrcm

For Easter dates by year see
http://www.maths.gla.ac.uk/~rjs/EasterDates.html

Lots of algorithms for calculating Easter dates are on the web: e.g.
at http://www.irt.org/articles/js052/index.htm

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*An Act to regulate the date of Easter Day and days or other*
*periods and occasions depending thereon*

[3rd August 1928]

1. *Date of Easter-day*

Easter-day shall, in the calendar year next but one after the
commencement of this Act and in all subsequent years, be the first
Sunday after the second Saturday in April, and section three of the
Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, the new calendar, tables and rules
annexed to that Act, and section two of the Calendar Act 1751, are
hereby amended and shall be read and construed accordingly, . . .

2. *Short title, commencement, and extent*

(1) This Act may be cited as the Easter Act 1928.

(2) This Act shall commence and come into operation on such date as
may be fixed by Order of His Majesty in Council, provided that,
before any such Order in Council is made, a draft thereof shall be
laid before both Houses of Parliament, and the Order shall not be
made unless both Houses by resolution approve the draft either
without modification or with modifications to which both Houses
agree, but upon such approval being given the order may be made in
the form in which it has been so approved: Provided further that,
before making such draft order, regard shall be had to any opinion
officially expressed by any Church or other Christian body.

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/Eric/ - *not* a lawyer - mailto:cixenmail@deira.org.uk

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