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Interpretation Act 1978
30Reckoning of age
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30 Reckoning of age
(1) In the reckoning of age of a person for the purposes of any Act, the
person must be taken to have attained a particular age on the
relevant anniversary of the person's birth.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), if an Act refers to the anniversary of the
birth of a person, that reference must be read as a reference to the
day on which the anniversary occurs.
(3) If a person was born on 29 February in any year, then, in any
subsequent year that is not a leap year, the anniversary of the birth
of that person is taken to be 28 February in that subsequent year.