Paragraph 4 Computation of time

(1)

In computing any period of time for the purposes of the Timetable—

(a)

a Saturday or Sunday,

(b)

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday, or

(c)

a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning,

must be disregarded, and any such day must not be treated as a day for the purpose of any proceedings up to the completion of the poll nor may the CRO be obliged to proceed with the counting of the votes on such a day.

(2)

In this rule, “bank holiday” means a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 M1 in England and Wales.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 1971 c. 80

Notes on Schedule 5

Modifications

C1: Sch. 5 applied (with modifications) (18.2.2012) by The Local Authorities (Conduct of Referendums) (Council Tax Increases) (England) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/444), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 1 Table 11 (with reg. 27)