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25.3 Determining The Beginning Or End Of Periods Of Months

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  • 25.3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the beginning or end of a period of one month or consecutive months, expressed in relation to a reference day, is to be determined as follows:
  • (a) if the reference day is before the period, by going forward to and including the date numerically corresponding to the reference day in the calendar month in which the period begins or ends, as the case may be;
  • (b) if the reference day is after the period, by going backward to and including the date numerically corresponding to the reference day in the calendar month in which the period begins or ends, as the case may be.
  • (2) If a period described in subsection (1) is expressed as “clear” months or “at least” or “not less than” a number of months,
  • (a) the beginning or end of the period, as determined under subsection (1)(a), is one day later, and
  • (b) the beginning or end of the period, as determined under subsection (1)(b), is one day earlier.
  • (3) If the beginning or end of a period determined under subsection (1) or subsections (1) and (2), as applicable, would fall on a date that does not occur in the calendar month in which the period begins or ends, the period begins or ends, as the case may be, on the last day of that month.

2018-5-3, effective January 1, 2019 (B.C. Reg. 272/2018).