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Paragraph 2 Computation of timeI1

United Kingdom

In computing any period of time for the purposes of the Table in rule 1(1)—

(a)

a Saturday or Sunday;

(b)

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday or Easter Monday;

(c)

a day which is a bank holiday in Scotland under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971f1; or

(d)

a day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning,

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

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 30.12.2010, see art. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

1971 c.80.