County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981

Computation of time

17.  Without prejudice to section 39 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1)—

(a) where anything is required by these Orders to be done within a specified period of or after the happening of a particular event, the period shall be computed from the end of the day on which the event happens unless the period is expressed to be inclusive of such day;

(b) where anything is required by these Orders to be done within a period not exceeding three days or where a period not exceeding three days is required by these Orders to elapse between the doing of an act and the happening of a particular event, no Saturday or Sunday nor any day on which the Office is closed shall "be included in the computation of that period;

(c) where the time prescribed for doing any act expires on a Saturday or a Sunday or any day on which the Office is closed, the act shall be in time if done on the next day on which the Office is open.

(1)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)