Paragraph 3 Computation of time

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 rule 1(1) words substituted by Postal Services Act 2011 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) 2011 Sch. 1 para. 61
Sch. 1 rule 20(1)(a) words substituted by Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Local and Subordinate Legislation) 2010 Sch. 3 para. 51

In calculating any period of time in relation to a referendum for the purposes of any provision of these Rules, the following days shall be disregarded—

(a)

a Saturday or Sunday,

(b)

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in England under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f1, and

(c)

any day appointed as a day of public thanksgiving or mourning in England.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1971 c. 80.