28Reckoning of time

28 Reckoning of time (1) If in an Act a period of time dating from a given day, act or event is prescribed, allowed or limited for any purpose, the time must be reckoned exclusive of such day or of the day of such act or event. (1A) If an Act provides that a period of time ends at, with or on a given day, act or event, the time is reckoned to include that day or the day of that act or event. (2) If the last day of any period prescribed, allowed or limited by an Act for the doing of any thing falls on a Saturday, on a Sunday or on a public holiday in the place in which the thing is to or may be done (other than a public holiday that is part of a day), the thing may be done on the first day following which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday in that place. (3) In an Act, a reference to time must be read as a reference to standard time declared by section 4 of the Standard Time Act 2005. (4) A reference in an Act to a thing existing or having effect from time to time is a reference to the thing existing or having effect at any time. (5) A reference in an Act to a thing existing or having effect for the time being is a reference to the thing existing or having effect at that time. 29 24 hour clock (1) A reference in an Act to a time of day expressed as 4 digits in hours is a reference to the time after midnight that is the number of hours (if any) equal to the number constituted by the first and second of those digits and the number of minutes (if any) less than an hour equal to the number constituted by the third and fourth of those digits. Interpretation Act 1978 23 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), where the first of 2 digits constituting a number of hours or a number of minutes is 0, that number of hours or number of minutes, as the case may be, shall be taken to be the number constituted by the second of those 2 digits.