New Zealand Acts

LEGISLATION ACT 2019 - SECT 56

56 Calculating periods of months (except for commencement of legislation)

1 A reference to 1 or more
"months" in legislation is a reference to a period calculated as follows:

a) the period starts at the start of the relevant day in the month; and

b) the relevant number of months must then be counted to find the ending month; and

c) the period ends immediately before the corresponding day in the ending month or (if there is no such day) at the close of the last day of the ending month.

Example: ExamplesIf the legislation refers to a period of 1 month starting on 15 February, the period starts on 15 February and ends at the close of 14 March (because March has a corresponding day).If the legislation refers to a period of 6 months starting on 31 October, the period starts on 31 October and ends at the close of 30 April (because April does not have 31 days).If the legislation refers to a period of 3 months after the date on which notice is sent and notice is sent on 2 August, the period starts on 3 August (under item 2 in section 54) and ends at the close of 2 November.

2 This section does not apply to commencement of legislation (see section 28 ).

Note: Acts Interpretation Act 1901 s 2G (Aust); Interpretation Act 1984 s 62 (WA)