# Highways Act 1980, Section 323: Reckoning of periods.

Extent: E+W

(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 Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/323 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-323
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