HGCR Act 1996 - Periods of Time

© Daniel Atkinson 2001 29 September 2001

Section 116

Section 116 provides that periods of time are reckoned as follows:

• where an act is required to be done within a specified period after or from a specified date the period begins immediately after that date;
• any period of time that includes Christmas Day, Good Friday or any other Bank Holiday, that day shall be excluded.

Therefore a 7-day period would include Saturdays and Sundays but exclude, for example, the August Bank Holiday Monday.