National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

In the measurement of distance for the purposes of this Code, the distance is to be measured along the shortest road ordinarily used for travelling.

If a period beginning on a given day, act or event is provided or allowed for a purpose by this Code, the period is to be calculated by excluding the day, or the day of the act or event, and:

if the period is expressed to be a specified number of clear days or at least a specified number of days—by excluding the day on which the purpose is to be fulfilled; and

in any other case—by including the day on which the purpose is to be fulfilled.

If the last day of a period provided or allowed by this Code for doing anything is not a business day in the place in which the thing is to be or may be done, the thing may be done on the next business day in the place.

If the last day of a period provided or allowed by this Code for the filing or registration of a document is a day on which the office is closed where the filing or registration is to be or may be done, the document may be filed or registered at the office on the next day that the office is open.

If no time is provided or allowed for doing anything, the thing is to be done as soon as possible, and as often as the prescribed occasion happens.

If, in this Code, there is a reference to time, the reference is, in relation to the doing of anything in a State or Territory, a reference to the legal time in the State or Territory.

For the purposes of this Code, a person attains an age in years at the beginning of the person’s birthday for the age.