Paragraph 176S Reckoning periods of time

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.

Where an 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.

Where the period is a period of seven days or less which would include a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in the place where anything which has to be done within the period falls to be done, that day shall be excluded.

In relation to Scotland a “public holiday” means a day which under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f1 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 under which 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.