Section 323 Reckoning of periods.C1

England and Wales

(1)

For the purposes of this Act—

(a)

in reckoning any period which is therein expressed to be a period from or before a given date, that date is to be excluded; and

(b)

in reckoning any period therein mentioned of 8 days or less which apart from this provision would include a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday, that day is to be excluded.

(2)

In this section “bank holiday” means a day which is a bank holiday under the M1Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 1971 c. 80.

Modifications

C1: S. 323 applied (1.11.1991) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 25(1)(2); S.I. 1991/2288, art. 3, Sch.