Acts Interpretation Act 1901

A period of time referred to in an Act that is of a kind mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table is to be calculated according to the rule mentioned in column 2 of that item:

If a claim may be made between 1 September and 30 November, a claim may be made on both 1 September and 30 November.

If a permission begins on the first day of a financial year, the permission is in force on that day.

If a licence continues until 31 March, the licence is valid up to and including 31 March.

If a person’s right to make submissions ends on the last day of a financial year, the person may make submissions on that day.

If a variation of an agreement is expressed to operate from 30 June, the variation starts to operate on 1 July.

If a decision is made on 2 August and a person has 28 days after the day the decision is made to seek a review of the decision, the 28‑day period begins on 3 August.

If a person must give a notice to another person at any time during the period of 7 days before the day a proceeding starts and the proceeding starts on 8 May, the notice may be given at any time during the 7‑day period starting on 1 May and ending on 7 May.

If:

an Act requires or allows a thing to be done; and

the last day for doing the thing is a Saturday, a Sunday or a holiday;

If a person has until 31 March to make an application and 31 March is a Saturday, the application may be made on Monday 2 April.

In this section:

a day that is a public holiday in the place in which the thing is to be or may be done; and

if the thing is to be or may be done at a particular office or other place—a day on which the place or office is closed for the whole day.