# The ACAS Arbitration Scheme (Great Britain) Order 2004, Paragraph 225S

Extent: S

Except as otherwise specified in the Scheme, periods of time shall in Scottish arbitrations be reckoned in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) Where the act is required to be done within a specified period after or from a specified date, the period begins immediately after that date;
(ii) Where the act is required to be done a specified number of clear days after a specified date, at least that number of days must intervene between the day on which the act is done and that date;
(iii) Where the period is a period of seven days or less which would include a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday in the place where anything which has to be done within the period falls to be done, that day shall be excluded.
(iv) In relation to Scotland a “public holiday” means a day which under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 is to be a bank holiday in Scotland and in relation to England and Wales or Northern Ireland a “public holiday” means Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 is to be a bank holiday in England and Wales or Northern Ireland as the case may be.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/753/schedule/paragraph/225S (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/acas-arbitration-scheme-great-britain-order-2004/schedule/paragraph-225S
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