INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954

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INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 39

Time.

39.(1) Words in an enactment relating to time and references therein to a
point of time shall be construed as relating or referring to Greenwich mean
time, subject, however, to any statutory provision which may for the time
being provide that, during any specified period or periods, time in Northern
Ireland is to differ from Greenwich mean time.

(2) Where in an enactment a period of time is expressed to begin on, or to be
reckoned from, a particular day, that day shall not be included in the period.

(3) Where in an enactment a period of time is expressed to end on, or to be
reckoned to, a particular day, that day shall be included in the period.

(4) Where the time limited by an enactment for the doing of anything expires
or falls upon a Sunday or a public holiday, the time so limited shall extend
to and the thing may be done on the first following day that is not a Sunday
or a public holiday.

(5) Sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) shall apply whether or not the number of
days concerned is expressed to be clear days.

(6) In an enactment

(a)a reference to midnight, in relation to any particular day, shall be
construed as a reference to the point of time at which that day ends;

(b)a reference to a week-day shall be construed as a reference to a day which
is not a Sunday;

(c)a reference to a month shall be construed as a reference to a calendar
month;

(d)a reference, without qualification, to a year shall be construed as a
reference to a period of twelve months; and

(e)a reference to a financial year or to a local financial year shall be
construed as a reference to a period of twelve months ending at midnight on
the thirty-first day of March.

(7) In any enactment relating to any duty or tax in respect of which the
Parliament of Northern Ireland has power to make laws the expression "night"
shall be deemed to begin at eleven of the clock in the evening of each day,
and to end at five of the clock in the morning of the next succeeding day.

(8) In an enactment the expression "public holiday" shall include Christmas
Day, Good Friday, any bank holiday appointed by or under any
statutory provision and any day appointed for public thanksgiving or mourning.

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INTERPRETATION ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1954 - SECT 39