Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2006A00114:clause:1_6a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2006A00114
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 6A
Character Range: 4510–5313

6A  Periods expressed in months

  For the purposes of this Act, a period expressed in months and dating from an event ends:
 (a) on the day, in the relevant subsequent month, which has the same number as the day of the event; or
 (b) if the relevant subsequent month has no day with the same number—on the last day of the month.

Note: This provision displaces section 36 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, and is in accordance with the Madrid Protocol. The difference between the two occurs when the initiating event is on the last day of a calendar month, which has fewer days than the month in which the period ends. For example, a period of 3 months from an event on 30 September ends on 30 December under this rule; it would end on 31 December under the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 provision.