10Reckoning of time

10 Reckoning of time

(1)  Subject to the provisions of a relevant Act, any period of time fixed by these rules, or by any order or other decision of the Tribunal or a registrar or by any document in any proceedings, is to be reckoned in accordance with this rule.

(2)  If a time of one day or longer is to be reckoned by reference to a given day or event, the given day or the day of the given event is not to be counted.

(3)  If, apart from this rule, the period in question, being a period of 5 days or less, would include a day or part of a day on which a registry is closed, that day is to be excluded from the period.

(4)  If the last day for doing a thing is, or a thing is to be done on, a day on which a registry is closed, the thing may be done on the next day on which the registry is open.

(5)  Section 29 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 does not apply to these rules.