PART 2REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE REFERENDUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Time

Computation of timeI17

1

In calculating any period of time (other than a year) for the purposes of this Part, the following are to be disregarded—

a

Saturdays and Sundays,

b

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday and any other day that is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 197112 in any part of the United Kingdom,

c

any day that is a bank holiday or public holiday in Gibraltar under the Gibraltar Acts titled the Banking and Financial Dealings Act13 and the Interpretation and General Clauses Act14, and

d

any day appointed in any part of the United Kingdom or Gibraltar as a day of public thanksgiving or mourning.

2

In relation to proceedings adjourned by a presiding officer under regulation 43 (riot or open violence)—

a

the reference in paragraph (1)(b) to a day that is a bank holiday in any part of the United Kingdom is to be read as a reference to a day that is a bank holiday in the part of the United Kingdom where the proceedings are adjourned (“the relevant part of the United Kingdom”),

b

paragraph (1)(c) is to be treated as omitted, and

c

the reference in paragraph (1)(d) to a day that is appointed as a day of public thanksgiving or mourning in any part of the United Kingdom or Gibraltar is to be read as a reference to a day that is appointed as a day of public thanksgiving or mourning in the relevant part of the United Kingdom.